What is involuntary contractions of voluntary muscles to warm up?
Shivering
Sweating
Vasodilation
Vasoconstriction
3. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
What is the evaporation of a liquid to cool the body?
Shivering
Sweating
Vasodilation
Vasoconstriction
4. Multiple Choice
2 minutes
1 pt
Which of the following is an example of positive feedback to indirectly maintain homeostasis?
the chemical reactions involved in blood clotting
your blood vessels dilate and you begin to sweat in response to elevated body temperature
your blood vessels constrict and you begin to shiver in response to low body temperature
your coach compliments you on your performance in practice
5. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
Homeostasis
allows for a wildly fluctuating internal environment
is impossible in vertebrates
is the maintenance of a relatively stable internal environment and often incorporates a form of feedback regulation
is the maintenance of a relatively stable external environment and often incorporates a form of feedback regulation
6. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Homeostasis in the human body is often maintained by a:
neutral feedback loop
solar feedback loop
positive feedback loop
negative feedback loop
7. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Positive feedback is when the change caused by the stimulus is
decreased
non existant
increased
changes constantly
8. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
When you get cut, your skin cells release hormones that signal platelets to come and stop the bleeding. Platelets then release more hormones that signal even more platelets to help stop bleeding. The hormone signals continue until the cut is closed.
Positive Feedback Response
Negative Feedback Loop
9. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
When you are cold, you shiver and your blood vessels contract, which warms you up. When you are hot, you sweat and your blood vessels expand, which cools you down.
Positive Feedback Response
Negative Feedback Loop
10. Multiple Choice
2 minutes
1 pt
Water diffusing with the concentration gradient from high water concentration to low water concentration across a cell membrane is....