Concept explainers
To contrast:
One of the characteristics of living things with the characteristics of nonliving things such as rocks.
Introduction:
All living things have certain characteristics that differentiate them from non- living things. An organism has or once had all these characteristics. Cells are the basic unit of structure and function in all living things. Living things display organization, grows and develops, reproduces, responds to stimuli, requires energy, maintains homeostasis and adapts to environment.
Answer to Problem 15STP
Temperature of human body is always maintained at 370C irrespective of the outside temperature. Homeostasis helps in maintaining this body temperature. Whenever there is any alteration from the normal body temperature, our feedback system sends signal to the body to act accordingly. There is no such mechanism in nonliving things like a rock. Its internal conditions remain static irrespective of the conditions outside.
Explanation of Solution
Regulation of an organism’s internal conditions to maintain life is called homeostasis. It is a feature common to all living organisms. If anything happens within or to an organism that affects its normal state, processes begin to restore the normal state. When our body feels cold, it starts to shiver so that the body temperature is raised. We perspire to prevent the body temperature from rising too high. This is a way to maintain homeostasis in living things.
A nonliving thing like a rock cannot maintain its internal conditions. It remains same whatever the temperature be outside.
Chapter 17 Solutions
Biology Illinois Edition (Glencoe Science)
Additional Science Textbook Solutions
Biological Science (6th Edition)
Campbell Essential Biology (7th Edition)
Introductory Chemistry (6th Edition)
Applications and Investigations in Earth Science (9th Edition)
Chemistry: Structure and Properties (2nd Edition)
College Physics: A Strategic Approach (3rd Edition)
- Human Anatomy & Physiology (11th Edition)BiologyISBN:9780134580999Author:Elaine N. Marieb, Katja N. HoehnPublisher:PEARSONBiology 2eBiologyISBN:9781947172517Author:Matthew Douglas, Jung Choi, Mary Ann ClarkPublisher:OpenStaxAnatomy & PhysiologyBiologyISBN:9781259398629Author:McKinley, Michael P., O'loughlin, Valerie Dean, Bidle, Theresa StouterPublisher:Mcgraw Hill Education,
- Molecular Biology of the Cell (Sixth Edition)BiologyISBN:9780815344322Author:Bruce Alberts, Alexander D. Johnson, Julian Lewis, David Morgan, Martin Raff, Keith Roberts, Peter WalterPublisher:W. W. Norton & CompanyLaboratory Manual For Human Anatomy & PhysiologyBiologyISBN:9781260159363Author:Martin, Terry R., Prentice-craver, CynthiaPublisher:McGraw-Hill Publishing Co.Inquiry Into Life (16th Edition)BiologyISBN:9781260231700Author:Sylvia S. Mader, Michael WindelspechtPublisher:McGraw Hill Education