Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Homeostasis

This flower is an example of homeostasis. Homeostasis refers to any process that an organism uses to maintain stable conditions. Knowing the external and internal environment is very important to maintaing homeostasis. Plants use hormones to maintain a stable internal environment, and respond to different external stimuli through control mechanisms. Homeostasis is essential to all plants survival, without it plants couldn't maintain water and mineral levels or control the right amounts of hormones in their system.

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