AP Biology Responses to Environment

Photosystems are made of

• chloroplasts

• chromosomes

• chlorophyll

• cytoplasm

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A worm turns away from light is an example of a worm

• reproducing

• doing cellular respiration

• having cells

• responding to its environment

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Which of the following characteristics of living things best explains why humans sweat when they get hot?

• maintaining a stable internal enviornment

• growth and development

• using energy

• ability to reproduce

When you shade your eyes (a response) from a bright light (a stimulus), you are demonstrating which characteristic

• Respiration

• Sensitivity

• Movement

• Growth

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A change in an organism's surroundings that causes it to react is called

• a stimulus.

• a response.

• development. 

• energy.

A plant using sunlight to make food to use or a deer eating leaves from a shrub are examples of

• Movement

• Respiration

• Sensitivity

• Nutrition

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what is transduction

• a study with babies and plexiglass to see when they develop depth perception

• when your perception fills in the gaps to create a meaningful whole

• when sensation is translated to neural transmission for your brain to understand

• when one image or stimuli stands out against another stimuli

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what is sensory adaptation

• in the inner ear, helps with balance

• awareness of your body in space

• when your senses have adapted to something in your environment

• your sense of balance

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what is a stimulus

• when someone can tell the difference between similar but different conditioned stimuli

  →after over learning

• when someone responds to similar but different conditioned stimulus

• any event or object in the environment from which an organism responds

• the concept of responding to a stimulus after repeate exposure

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Which of the following is an example of a physiological response to environmental changes in plants?

• A) Photosynthesis

• B) Transpiration

• C) Cellular respiration

• D) Germination

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