Homeostasis
With Homer
Name: ________________________
Homer Simpson has just arrived in the Emergency Room with a head injury. As the competent
doctors and nurses of Springfield it is your job to help Homer maintain homeostasis until he can
enter surgery in 10 minutes. Keep the fluids at homeostasis in Homers head by maintaining the
25 C, yellow fluid without letting the fluids drop below the dotted line. Use the control fluid as
a comparison. If anything gets way off, you would have killed Homer! No pressure…
Each group member will have a specific duty:
Krusty the Clown: Cold water
Ned Flanders: Hot water
Milhouse: Concentrated dye
Doctor Nick: Group leader
Did Homer live or did you let him die??? _____________________________________________
1. What was the most difficult part of maintaining homeostasis?
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2. How does your body maintain a constant temperature in hot weather?
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3. How does your body maintain a constant temperature in cold weather?
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4. How do you keep your blood sugar at a constant concentration?
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5. Define homeostasis and give an example that is not mentioned above.
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