Feedback mechanisms maintain a living system’s internal conditions within certain limits and mediate behaviors, allowing it to remain alive and functional even as external conditions change within some range. Feedback mechanisms can encourage (through pos

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Authority Status:

Derived Statement

Date Created:

2013-04-09

Creator:

Next Generation Science Standards

Indexing Status:

Yes

Education Level:

9, 10, 11, 12

Subject:

Science

Statement Notation:

DCI.LS1.A.9-12.9

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Description en-US: Feedback mechanisms maintain a living system’s internal conditions within certain limits and mediate behaviors, allowing it to remain alive and functional even as external conditions change within some range. Feedback mechanisms can encourage (through positive feedback) or discourage (negative feedback) what is going on inside the living system.

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English