AP BIOLOGY

THE CELL

TRANSPORT INTO AND OUT OF THE CELL

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
How is homeostasis important to the survival of organisms?
A
Homeostasis makes organisms grow bigger and taller.
B
Homeostasis helps organisms locate food.
C
Homeostasis allows organisms to regulate their temperature.
D
Homeostasis makes all organisms hibernate.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Homeostasis helps animals maintain stable internal and external environments with the best conditions for it to operate. It is a dynamic process that requires constant monitoring of all systems in the body to detect changes, and mechanisms that react to those changes and restore stability.

Detailed explanation-2: -The maintenance of homeostasis by negative feedback goes on throughout the body at all times. The human body regulates body temperature through a process called thermoregulation, in which the body can maintain its temperature within certain boundaries, even when the surrounding temperature is very different.

Detailed explanation-3: -Homeostasis is highly developed in warm-blooded animals living on land, which must maintain body temperature, fluid balance, blood pH, and oxygen tension within rather narrow limits, while at the same time obtaining nutrition to provide the energy to maintain homeostasis.

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