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's attempt to help regulate your body temperature and is an example of which property of life? Select the best answer. All life transforms energy. All life can reproduce. All life grows and develops. All life is organized. All life evolves. All life maintains homeostasis.

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's attempt to help regulate your body temperature and is an example of which property of life? Select the best answer. All life transforms energy. All life can reproduce. All life grows and develops. All life is organized. All life evolves. All life maintains homeostasis.

Human Anatomy & Physiology (11th Edition)

11th Edition

ISBN:9780134580999

Author:Elaine N. Marieb, Katja N. Hoehn

Publisher:Elaine N. Marieb, Katja N. Hoehn

Chapter1: The Human Body: An Orientation

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 1RQ: The correct sequence of levels forming the structural hierarchy is A. (a) organ, organ system,...

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