Answer all of the following questions to the best of your ability in complete sentences.
1. During a long distance run on a hot day, an athlete produces large quantities of sweat. As a result, the kidneys slow down the rate of urine production.
Describe how this action demonstrates the human body trying to maintain homeostasis.
2. In desert environments, organisms that cannot maintain a constant internal body temperature, such as snakes and lizards, rarely go out during the hot, sunny daylight hours. They stay in the shade, under rocks, or in burrows during the day.
Explain how this behavior helps maintain homeostasis in these organisms.
3. Daphnia are aquatic crustaceans that feed on plankton. Populations of 300 Daphnia were exposed to water of different temperatures for 2 days and their populations were tallied afterwards.
a. What inferences can you make based on the data table above?
b. Make a connection between the data in the table and homeostasis.
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