What Is the General Purpose of Positive Feedback Mechanisms

question 37

Multiple Choice

What is the general purpose of positive feedback mechanisms?

• A) to maintain a constant internal environment
• B) to anticipate changes in the environment
• C) to return a variable toward the set point
• D) to bring about a rapid change in the body
• E) to detect changes in the external environment

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Definitions:

Compounded Annually

Refers to the process where interest earned on an investment is added to the principal, and the new total becomes the basis for computing interest in the next period.

Quadruple

To increase or to be increased fourfold.

Annual Growth Rate

The year-over-year increase in value of an investment, expressed as a percentage.

Compounded Annually

An interest calculation method where the interest earned each year is added to the principal, and the following year's interest is based on this new principal amount.