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Homeostasis

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Homeostasis is the maintenance of a relatively stable internal environment despite changes in the world outside an organism.

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A polar bear generates heat and traps it under fur and fat, holding its internal temperature steady in freezing air.

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Homeostasis holds conditions within a narrow working range; it does not hold them perfectly constant.