Test - Skin Flashcards
1
Q
- Which of the following doesn’t belong with the others. 250 ml beaker, pipette, thermometer, 10 ml graduated cyclinder
A
Thermometer
NB34
2
Q
- What would NOT happen if the core body temperature was too low?
A
Sweat would cool the body as it evaporated
NB39
3
Q
- What usually results when an organism fails to maintain homeostasis?
A
The organisms becomes ill or may die
NB39
4
Q
- Without properly functioning lungs, what would occur?
A
Homeostasis would not be maintained
NB39
5
Q
- What is the best synonym for endothermic?
A
Warm-blooded
NB24
6
Q
30.Place the following events in Sequence: A) Nerves and hormones communicate with hypothalamus.B)You begin sweating.C) Your body begins overheating.
A
C,A,B
NB39
7
Q
- What was responding variable in our experiment with the potato?
A
The amount of enzyme activity
NB33
8
Q
- How many layers are found in the epidermis?
A
5
NB35
9
Q
- Positive feedback control mechanisms are:
A
more rare than negative feedback mechanisms and tend to increase the original stimulus.
NB39
10
Q
- What might happen if you didn’t run a fever when you got sick?
A
You would fight off the infection as effectively as it could
NB39
11
Q
- What is not a primary function of the skin?
A
Vitamin B production
NB32
12
Q
- No matter what the temperature of the air around you, your internal body temperature will be close to what?
A
37 C
NB39
13
Q
- How does your skin protect the body temperature when it is cold?
A
By keeping disease-causing organisms from entering the body
NB32
14
Q
- Describe what happens to the blood vessels when the body temperature gets too hot or too cold.
A
If the body gets to cold the blood vessels get smaller. If it gets to cold then they get larger.
NB35
