BIOLOGY 102 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (100% VERIFIED SOLUTION)

BIOLOGY 102 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (100% VERIFIED SOLUTION) What Is homeostatsis? Give Examples - Correct Answer-The Process by which an organism maintains its internal environment within a narrow range of conditions for optimal cell function in the face of a changing external environment - Temperature, Water and Salt Concentrations, Glucose concentrations, pH(acid-base balance), oxygen and carbon dioxide concentrations What is negative feedback? Describe an example - Correct Answer-A homeostatic mechanism. Which counteracts the effects of changes in the internal environment to maintain homeostatsis. What is positive feedback? Describe an example - Correct Answer-A homeostatic mechanism. Which drives rapid, self limiting changes, such as those that occur when a mother gives birth Define endotherm. Give an example - Correct Answer-Generate most of their heat throgh metabolic reactions. Example birds and mammals Define ectotherm. Give an exampel - Correct Answer-Derive body heat from the environment and maintain this heat by occupying a constant environment or by behavioral activites such as basking in the sun...Examples include reptiles, amphibians, fishes, and invertebrates Name the three types of connective tissues - Correct Answer-Loose Connective Tissue Dense Connective Tissue Specialized Connective Tissue Name the main specialized connective tissues - Correct Answer-Cartilage Bone Fat (adipose tissue) Blood Lymph Name the three types of muscle tissue - Correct Answer-Skeletal Muscle Cardiac Muscle Smooth Muscle List the major organ systems - Correct Answer-Integumentary Continues...