1. Define the term
homeostasis.
2. What is thermoregulation?
3. What is the role of the
hypothalamus in thermoregulation?
4. List three ways animals regulate the temperature of
their bodies.
5. What is negative feedback?
6. Why is homeostasis
often referred to as dynamic equilibrium?
7/8. Explain in a paragraph or two how guard cells and stomata
regulate the water content within a plant.
9. List two
adaptations possessed by desert plants which help them to save water.
10. Identify the structure in the
brain which detects changes in carbon dioxide which control the breathing rate.