Question

An example of a disturbance in homeostasis includes:

A. All of these answers are correct
B. loss of biodiversity in an ecosystem
C. disease in an organism
D. change in the amount of a limiting factor in an ecosystem

Answer 1

A. is the right answer.

Answer 2

Diseases that result from a homeostatic imbalance include heart failure and diabetes, but many more examples exist. Diabetes occurs when the control mechanism for insulin becomes imbalanced, either because there is a deficiency of insulin or because cells have become resistant to insulin.