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? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 2. How does your body maintain a constant temperature in hot weather? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 3. How does your body maintain a constant temperature in cold weather? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 4. How do you keep your blood sugar at a constant concentration? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 5. Define homeostasis and give an example that is not mentioned above. ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________
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