Stimulus and Responses

Stimulus and Responses

Multiple Choice

A 12 year old girl always seems to get sick when she

travels by car, plane, boat or train, or rides carnival

rides. The girl always experiences nausea, vomiting,

and dizziness. The stimulus is....

• motion

• nausea

• vomiting

• dizziness

Multiple Choice

Identify the stimulus: You are walking home from school one day when a large dog jumps out at you from behind a tree. He starts to growl and shows his teeth. You quickly turn around and walk in the opposite direction.

• Dog growling and showing teeth

• walking in opposite direction

• walking home from school

• tree

Multiple Choice

Identify the response..."An organism is hungry so it eats some food"

• Feeling hungry

• Eating food

Multiple Choice

Identify the response..."A squirrel scratches at a flea bite"

• A flea bite

• A squirrel scratches

Multiple Choice

Which situation best describes the act of maintaining homeostasis?

• An organism sweating when their body temperature begins to rise

• A plant on a window sill growing towards sunlight

• A bear hibernating in the winter months

• All of the above

Multiple Choice

What kind of stimulus is hunger?

• Internal

• External

• Learned

• Instinct

Multiple Choice

What type of stimulus is thirst?

• Internal

• External

• Learned

• Instinct

Multiple Choice

A doctor taps on a patient's knee. What is the response?

• The patient kicks

• The doctor taps on the patient's knee

Multiple Choice

A chef picks up a hot pot and drops it. What was the stimulus?

• The hot pot

• Dropping the pot

Multiple Choice

What type of stimulus is the smell of pizza?

• Internal

• External

• Learned

• Instinct