Question 1. What would happen if, for some reason, your body wasn't able to maintain homeostasis in response to a stressor, either because of a failure in the control response system or because the stressor was too extreme for your body to counteract? Why would this happen? Provide an example of a failure to maintain homeostasis in your answer.
Question 2. Explain the difference between diffusion and osmosis, providing examples of each.
Question 3. Imagine going outside on a cold day without a jacket. Explain your body's homeostatic control system response to this in terms of the four components: the sensor mechanism, the control center, the effector mechanism, and the feedback control loop.
Question 4. Anabolic steroids are used to build muscle mass quickly. Why are they called "anabolic"?
Question 5. We often hear people talk about how the body "burns" glucose and other sugars to provide energy, but it's not as simple as your stomach just creating raw energy from food. Explain how, on a cellular level, your body actually breaks down glucose and how the "energy" ends up in the inner membrane of your mitochondria.