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internal and external stimuli

Authored by Darlington Tower

Science

6th - 8th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

When a seedling emerges upright from the soil, which force is it overcoming?

Gravity
Magnetism
Repulsion
Heat

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NGSS.3-PS2-1

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Roots grow downward in the soil in response to-

gravity
sunlight
water 
wind

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NGSS.5-PS2-1

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Geotropism is a force that affects certain organisms.  Which of the following is an example of a plant responding to the external stimulus of gravity?

A seedling growing towards a sunny window.
Plant roots growing down into the soil.
Flowers producing nectar to attract bees.
A potted plant wilting when it dries out.

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

A cheetah's water levels are becoming too high, and its thirst is quenched. In response to this, the cheetah's body will send internal signals...

Of hunger, since the cheetah needs food
Of thirst, since all living things need water
To sweat, so the organism can shed some of the water
Of quenched thirst, so the organism will stop drinking water

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is an example of internal stimuli?

Smelling pizza and then eating a piece of pizza
Seeing ice cream on television and then eating a bowl of ice cream
After working out feeling sore in your legs and then placing ice on the sore spot
After working out seeing a bottle of water and drinking water

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Stimulus...

A change that prompts an action-the cause
The ability to maintain a stable internal environment (type of equilibrium or balance)
How an organism reacts to a change and results in a change in behavior- the effect
Constant and balanced environment

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Homeostasis...

A stimulus from inside an organism
How an organism reacts to a change
The ability to maintain a stable internal environment (type of equilibrium or balance)
A stimulus from outside an organism

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NGSS.HS-LS1-3

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