Question

While you are riding the ski lift up to the top of the mountain on a very cold day you start to shiver involuntarily. You know that the shivering is your body attempt to help regulate your body temperature and is an example of what type of mechanism?
a. sensitivity
b. evolutionary adaptation
c. homeostasis
d. energy utilization

Answer 1

Answer:c. homeostasis

Explanation:homeostasis is the mechanism of the body to regulate and keep constant it's internal environment.

It usually involves a receptor which receives the stimuli,an intergration center which is usually the brain,and the effector.

Humans are warm blooded animals and so need to keep their body temperature constant regardless of that of the environment.

When it gets cold,the body shivers, Goosebumps appear and the hairs stands in attempts to keep the body warm