Post-UTME Biology 2011 Objective — Question 9
Question 9 of 24 from the Post-UTME Screening (Post-UTME) Biology 2011 Objective paper, with the correct answer and a full explanation.
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The maintenance of a constant internal environment of an organism is known as
- A. homeostasisCorrect
- B. hemorhesis
- C. turgidity
- D. homolothermy
Explanation
Homeostasis is the maintenance of a stable internal environment. (Note: this question is a near-duplicate of one found in the FUTO 2013/2014 Type D session in this same PDF set; the same independently-worked answer is used here.)
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