After viewing the 'So fit that you die?' video, you should be able to answer the following questions.
Why have dozens of endurance athletes died in their sleep over the last few decades?
How can a cyclist's heart rate be slower than an elephant's?
After viewing these three videos (What is homeostasis? Introduction to Homeostasis. and Negative Feedback), you should be able to answer the following:
What is homeostasis?
What is the difference between negative feedback and positive feedback?
List three internal conditions that humans regulate.
What happens to blood vessels in your body when your internal temperature increases?
What happens to blood vessels in your body when your internal temperature decreases?
What are the roles of insulin and glucagon? What do they help the body regulate?
What is a hormone?
After viewing the TedED video, you should be able to answer the following questions:
Describe three scenarios in which you may begin sweating.
Briefly outline how your body produces heat.
What is the part of the brain that is responsible for regulating your temperature?
What is the immediate source of water for the sweat that the sweat gland produces?
The sweat that pools up from the sweat glands is usually hypotonic to the body fluids from which it came. Why is it advantageous for sweat to be less salty than body fluids?
All living cells are surrounded by fluid. If sweat comes from the fluid surrounding the cells of the sweat gland, then how does the body replace that fluid to keep those cells alive?
CK12 - Homeostasis - MS Level
CK12 - Homeostasis - HS Level
Khan Academy - Homeostasis
Draw a diagram/flowchart showing the regulation of alligator metabolism when temperatures drop to 5-10˚C.
Use the vocabulary that you have learned: Stimulus, Sensor, Control, Effector, Response to annotate your diagram.
Take a picture of your diagram and insert it into this document. Submit to Google Classroom.