Fight or Flight Response

An organisms special survival instinct to threat is called

• learned or flight response

• instinct or fight response

• fight or flight response

• instinct or learned response

Stimulus: stressed or fearful situation. Response:

• Fever or vomits

• releases fight or flight hormones

• sweating and thirsty

• gets sleepy

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NGSS.HS-LS1-3

Stimulus: Predator approaches. Response:

• Animal herd flees

• Animal sits in the hot sun

• Animal herd takes a nap

• Animal herd makes noises

Stimulus: hearing a loud noise. Response is:

• sneezing

• pupils dilate

• startle or jump

• shiver with goosebumps

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

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

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

What type of situation might trigger the fight-or-flight response?

• persistent worrying

• long-term stress

• a threat from a predator

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NGSS.HS-LS1-3

response that prepares the body to run from the stress

• Fight

• Flight

• Freeze

• Fawn

response that prepares the body to face the stress aggressively

• Fight

• Flight

• Freeze

• Fawn

Which hormone is primarily responsible for the 'fight or flight' response?

• Adrenaline

• Insulin

• Melatonin

• Oxytocin

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NGSS.HS-LS1-3