IB Biology SL D3.3.2 Negative Feedback Loops Questions

Explain how negative feedback detects a deviation from a set point and reverses it through receptors, coordinators and effectors.

Syllabus
First assessment 2025
Course
Biology SL
Level
SL

Exam points

  • Explain how negative feedback opposes a change and returns a variable toward its set point.

IB Biology SL D3.3.2 Negative Feedback Loops Questions question 1

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The diagram shows a feedback pathway.

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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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