HomeostasisKeeping the inside steady while the outside changes.9th GradeHomeostasis is the maintenance of a stableinternal environment through negativefeedback loops.Receptors detect a change from the set point.The control centre — usually the brain — processes it.Effectors act to reverse the change.Negative feedback reverses the change; positive feedbackamplifies it.Examples: body temperature, blood glucose, water balance, pH.LOOK FOR ITToo hot: you sweat and blood vessels widen. Too cold: you shiver andthey narrow.Almost all homeostasis is negative feedback. Positive feedback israre — childbirth and blood clotting.Homeostasiswww.littleactivity.com

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Science · 9th Grade

Homeostasis

Keeping the inside steady while the outside changes.

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Trace the loop: receptor, control centre, effector, back to normal.

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Grade
9th Grade
Ages
14–15
Subject
Science
Pages
1

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