Stimulus and Response Science

What type of stimulus is a loud fire alarm?

• Internal

• External

• Learned

• Instinct

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

Jackson is around his friend who is constantly sick. Jackson begins coughing and sneezing the next day at school. What is the possible stimulus and response?

• Internal stimulus is coughing, the response is getting sick
• External stimulus is coughing, the response is getting sick
• Internal stimulus is germs/bacteria, the response is coughing
• External stimulus is germs/bacteria, the response is coughing

What is the internal state of balance called?

• Stimulus
• Response
• Homeostasis
• Homozygous

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

• A loud noise

• You cover your ears

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

How does the human body respond to hot temperatures?

• hibernates
• migrates
• sweats 
• shivers 

Steven sets a brand new plant near the window. After several weeks Steven realizes the flower is starting to tilt towards the sunlight. What would be considered the stimuli in this scenario?

• Water
• The dirt in the flower pot
• The sunlight
• The window

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

When a threatening situation appears, what is the name of the instinctive mechanism used by animals to protect themselves?

• Flight or Run
• Hide and Seek
• Fight or Flight
• Run and Fight

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

Which of the following is an organism's reaction to a change in it's surrondings?

• Response

• Development

• Distraction

• Stimulus

Which of the following responses is a plant growing toward or leaning toward touch?

• thigmotropism

• hydrotropism

• phototropism

• gravitropism