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Bio- means life, and diversity means variety in Greek. In other words, biodiversity means the variety of life. It's not about how many organisms live in an area but about how many different kinds there are. A forest has a high biodiversity because they have trees, plants, ferns, vines, etc. On the other hand, a field might have many plants but not a huge variety of them. Biodiversity can happen anywhere, even in your own home. However, places like the Arctic or the desert have a low biodiversity because of the harsh living conditions for organisms or animals to live. They still have some diversity just not as much as other places.

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Tropical rainforests are located near the equator, where it is warm. The website I found states that " the tropical rainforest is a hot, moist biome where it rains all year long." The trees grow so thick and high that they sometimes block the sun from reaching through. Vines also run to the top and stop things from coming through the trees. You can find a ton of "house plants" in the tropical rainforest because they don't get much sunlight or rainfall, so they adapt to house-like living. The website I found also states that, "the hot, moist atmosphere and all the dead plant material create the perfect conditions in which bacteria and other microorganisms can thrive."

https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/biome/biorainforest.php#:~:text=The%20tropical%20rainforest%20is%20a,about%20250%20ft)%20or%20more.

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This article talks about cerebral palsy in children. The article explains cerebral palsy by saying, "Discovering the impact

of Postural Care (PC) interventions can be challenging... given complexities associated with communication and functional limitations." Cerebral palsy is one of the most common disabilities in children that affects their mobility. This article also says, "Additionally, these primary conditions lead to or are associated with other issues such as intellectual and learning disabilities,

epilepsy, and problems with speech, feeding and swallowing, nutrition and respiratory function." After reading that sentence it shows me how serious cerebral palsy is and how having it can lead to even more serious things that can affect someone's daily living. The article then says, "Four investigators organized and summarized the findings, taking on predetermined roles using Arksey and O’Malley’s framework and Westphaln et al.’s recommendations." This shows me how they did different studies trying to see about patients that have the disease.

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After looking at a few different websites I came across this one and found it to be the one that stood out the most. The website first goes into explaining what homeostasis is and it says, "Homeostasis refers to the body's need to reach and maintain a certain state of equilibrium." The website then goes into talking about how homeostasis is maintained and it says, "Your body has set points for a variety of states—including temperature, weight, sleep, thirst, and hunger. When the level is off... homeostasis will work to correct it." Lastly, the big topic they talked about was the Types of Homeostatic Regulation and they said, "There are three main types of homeostatic regulation that happen in the body." There are also a few points they make like Osmoregulation and Chemical Regulation. Overall this website has taught me new things that I find interesting. I would recommend others looking at this website because I feel like it could also help others with this topic.

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Homeostasisrefers to the body's need to reach and maintain a certain state of equilibrium. The term is often used to refer to the body's tendency to monitor and maintain internal states such as temperature and energy levels at fairly constant and stable levels.

A Closer Look at Homeostasis

The term homeostasis was first coined by a psychologist named Walter Cannon in 1926.﻿﻿

These processes take place mostly without our conscious awareness.

Our internal regulatory systems have what is known as a set pointfor a variety of things. This is much like the thermostat in your house or the A/C system in your car. Once set at a certain point, these systems work to keep the internal states at these levels.

When the temperature levels drop in your house, your furnace will turn on and warm things up to the preset temperature. In the same way, if something is out of balance in your body, a variety of physiological reactions will kick in until the setpoint is once again reached.

Homeostasis

Your body has set points for a variety of things including temperature, weight, sleep, thirst, and hunger.

One prominent theory of human motivation, known as drive reduction theory, suggests that homeostatic imbalances create needs. This need to restore balance drives people to perform actions that will return the body to its ideal state.﻿﻿

How Does the Body Regulate Temperature?

When you think about homeostasis, the temperature might come to mind first. It is one of the most important and obvious homeostatic systems. All organisms, from large mammals to tiny bacteria, must maintain an ideal temperature in order to survive. Some factors that influence this ability to maintain a stable body temperature include how these systems are regulated as well as the overall size of the organism.﻿﻿

Some creatures, known as endotherms or "warm-blooded" animals, accomplish this via internal physiological processes. Birds and mammals (including humans) are endotherms. Other creatures are ectotherms (aka "cold-blooded") and rely on external sources to regulate their body temperature. Reptiles and amphibians are both ectotherms.

Homeostasis is also influenced by an organism's size, or more specifically, the surface-to-volume ratio. Larger creatures have a much greater body volume, which causes them to produce more body heat. Smaller animals, on the other, produce less body heat but also have a higher surface-to-volume ratio. They lose more body heat than they produce, so their internal systems must work much harder to maintain steady body temperature.

Behavioral and Physiological Responses

As mentioned earlier, homeostasis involves both physiological and behavioral responses.﻿﻿ In terms of behavior, you might seek out warm clothes or a patch of sunlight if you start to feel chilly. When you start to feel chilled, you might also curl your body inward and keep your arms tucked in close to your body to keep in the heat.

As endotherms, people also possess a number of internal systems that help regulate body temperature. As you probably already know, humans have a body temperature set point of 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit.﻿﻿ When your body temperature dips below this point, it sets off a number of physiological reactions to help restore balance. Blood vessels in the body's extremities constrict in order to prevent heat loss. Shivering also helps the body produce more heat.

The body also responds when temperatures go above 98.6 degrees.﻿﻿ Have you ever noticed how your skin becomes flushed when you are very warm? This is your body trying to restore temperature balance. When you are too warm, your blood vessels dilate in order to give off more body heat. Perspiration is another common way to reduce body heat, which is why you often end up flushed and sweaty on a very hot day.

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How Homeostasis Maintains the Body's Equilibrium

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Homeostasisrefers to the body's need to reach and maintain a certain state of equilibrium. The term is often used to refer to the body's tendency to monitor and maintain internal states such as temperature and energy levels at fairly constant and stable levels.

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They are animals with soft bodies. Sometimes they may even have a hard outer covering. Most mollusks live in the ocean, with some on land or in freshwater. They contain tissue and organs to carry out life processes. They have digestive, respiratory, and circulatory systems. Most mollusks have several tiny teeth used to scrape food particles into their mouth. All mollusks have bilateral symmetry. Cephalopods (squids) are the most intelligent out of all invertebrates they have a large and well-developed brain.

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I feel like it depends on where you are on which type of plants you see. From this diagram, I would say we use and see dicots every day. When looking at a tree I feel like I see more net leaves than parallel leaves. Same thing with flowers i feel like I see four of five pedals instead of three. This website had very useful information about these two types of plants. The website states that, "Examples of dicots include beans, peas, carrots, apples, roses, dandelions, daisies, cacti, oaks, and maples. Dicot flowering parts are in multiples of four or five." Which to me feels like those are items we see and use every day.

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Whose common name is "winter mushroom," it is a yellowish and trumpet-shaped mushroom. They can be found in northern America and Europe. While being a fungus, it is also edible, and you can eat it in soups or fried. It was classified as Cantharellus but it has changed and is supported by molecular phylogenetics.

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I think that this picture is a great example to show what evolution is. It shows how the populations of humans have devoloped over time. This picture is good at showing the differences between each generation to where you can see what changed over time.