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IB Biology HL 3.3.2 Negative feedback loops Question Bank

Practise IB Biology HL 3.3.2 by analysing feedback pathways that detect and reverse deviations from a set point.

Syllabus
First assessment 2025
Course
Biology HL
Level
HL

Exam points

  • Analyse sensor, control and effector links in a negative-feedback pathway.
  • Evaluate how feedback responses restore a variable toward its set point.

D3.3.2—Negative feedback loops question 1

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The diagram shows a feedback pathway.

Figure for Question D3.3.2—Negative feedback loops question 1 — IB Biology HL

Which sequence is an example of the pathway?

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II

III

high blood sugar

alpha cells

secretion of insulin

low blood sugar

alpha cells

secretion of glucagon

high blood sugar

beta cells

secretion of glucagon

low blood sugar

beta cells

secretion of insulin

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