The maintenance of the internal environment in a relatively stable state is called

1.consistency
2.homeostasis
3.negative feedback
4.thermoregulation


2

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a. true b. false

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What will be an ideal response?

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Many seedless fruits are produced as genetically identical clones by asexual reproduction. Although advantageous in some ways, such genetically identical crops can be a disadvantage when

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