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CAIE IGCSE Biology 14.4.3 Negative Feedback & Set Points

Practise explaining homeostatic control as responses that reverse deviations and return a condition towards its set point.

Syllabus
2026–2028
Course
Biology 0610

Exam points

  • identify the target value on a graph as the set point for a controlled condition
  • state that deviation from the set point triggers a corrective response
  • explain that negative feedback reverses the change and returns the condition towards the set point

14.4.3—Concept of homeostatic control question 1

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Fig. 6.1 is a flow chart of some of the events that occur to maintain a constant body temperature.

Fig. 6.1

Fig. 6.1

State the name of the mechanism that controls homeostasis which is represented by the flowchart in Fig. 6.1.

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