Year 8 Science · Unit 1 · Lesson 17

How Multiple Systems Interact for Homeostasis

Foundation Worksheet

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Learning Goals

Warm Up

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Write each item from the pool into the correct system box. Some items describe a contribution to homeostasis, each belongs in exactly one system category.

supports gas exchange with the environment transports substances around the body helps obtain nutrients from food removes unwanted products from the body links several systems together provides useful materials to cells helps keep internal conditions within suitable limits breaks down food into useful forms

Respiration

Circulation

Digestion

Waste removal

Your Turn

True or False? Fix the false ones

Circle T or F for each statement. If the statement is false, rewrite it correctly on the line below.

The circulatory system alone is enough to maintain stable internal conditions.

Correct it:

T
F

Digestion, respiration, circulation and waste removal each contribute a different part of the job of maintaining homeostasis.

Correct it:

T
F

Exercise requires multiple body systems to cooperate simultaneously to help maintain homeostasis.

Correct it:

T
F

If one body system is disrupted, stable internal conditions can become harder to maintain across the whole organism.

Correct it:

T
F

Show What You Know

1. Name the four body systems discussed in this lesson. For each one, describe in one sentence the role it plays in supporting homeostasis.

Recall 4 marks

Wrap Up

In one sentence, what was the main idea of this lesson?

HSCScience · Year 8 Science · Unit 1 · Lesson 17 · Foundation Worksheet