Understand that Homeostasis is the maintenance of a constant internal environment and that body water content and body temperature are both examples of homeostasis
Homestasis- Where the conditions are kept the same or constant
Homeothermic- The temperature is kept the same
In mammals, when the temperature of the environment changes, their body temperature remains constant as they carry out thermoregulation which is an example of Homeostasis. These are Homeothermic organisms.
By looking at the rate of reaction to temperature graph, we see that there is an optimum temperature. Which is why mammals try to keep their body temperature at the optimum temperature as much as possible.
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