Learning Task 4. Now that we know about homeostasis. Let's talk about body temperature. One of the examples of negative feedback loop that serves to reduce an excessive response and keep a variable within the normal range is. Guide Questions: 1. What is considered to be normal body temperature? Why do you think that normal body temperature is as high as the temperature on a hot summer day? How do you think an organism and its cells would be helped by a warm temperature? 2. Take your own temperature and the temperature of your family members. Why do you think there is so little difference in normal human body temperature while humans vary so much in other traits? 3. What sets body temperature? What can change the set point for body temperature? 4. How does stress affect body temperature? 5. What role might fever play in fighting infection? 6. Why does the body sweat when a fever breaks