1.2.8—Negative feedback loops

Syllabus
First assessment 2026
Objective
1.2.8
Level
HL

Negative Feedback Pushes Back

Negative feedback reduces an initial deviation by making an output counteract the change, helping a system return toward its earlier range.

Write the full loop: change → response → response opposes the original change. ‘Negative’ describes direction, not harm.

Warming favours reflective white daisies; greater reflection cools the surface, opposing the initial warming.

Negative feedback, because the response reduces the initial temperature change.

Negative means change-reducing, not harmful.