Biology 5090 · O Level · Homeostasis

Homeostasis — practice question

Fig. 2.1 illustrates how one person's body temperature changes.
(a)[1]

State the name of the process that keeps body conditions, such as temperature, constant.

(b)[3]

Suggest three events that could explain the shape of the curve during time E.

(c)[3]

Explain the body changes that cause the alteration in body temperature at time F.

(d(i))[1]

Name the process that returns the body to a set point, as shown in Fig. 2.1.

(d(ii))[1]

Name the region of the brain that controls this process.

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