Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Biology

Chapter

Organisms and Populations

Question:
What does term homeostasis refers to?
Options:
Tendency to resist change .
Tendency to change with change in environment.
Change in body structure.
None of these.
Correct Answer:
Tendency to resist change .
Explanation:
The organism should try to maintain the constancy of its internal environment (a process called homeostasis) despite varying external environmental conditions that tend to upset its homeostasis. So tendency to resist change is known as homeostasis.