Stimulus and Response

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

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NGSS.MS-LS1-3

Identify the stimulus....."Birds flock to shelter when it starts to hail outside

• Birds flock to shelter

• It starts to hail outside

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NGSS.3-LS2-1

NGSS.3-LS4-3

Identify the stimulus..."A loud noise causes you to cover your ears"

• A loud noise

• You cover your ears

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

Identify the stimulus..."A person shivers because it is cold outside"

• Cold temperature

• A person shivers

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

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

• A flea bite

• A squirrel scratches

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

• Feeling hungry

• Eating food

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NGSS.MS-LS1-7

Identify the stimulus..."Roots growing down towards gravity"

• Roots growing down

• The force of gravity

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

Identify the response..."A plant's stem fighting against the force of gravity by growing upwards"

• A plant stem

• A plant stem fighting gravity

• Gravity

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

Is the stimulus external or internal....A loud noise?

• Internal

• External

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

Is the stimulus internal or external? Feeling hungry

• Internal

• External

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8