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Fight, Flight or Freeze

13 questions

5th - 6th Grade

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Fight, Flight or Freeze is a free printable worksheet for Grades 5–6 that introduces how anxiety can affect the body, identifies the amygdala’s role in the fight-or-flight response, and examines common physical and emotional signs such as sweating, tension, confusion, and feeling sick. Students also consider how heart rate changes during this response and recognize that some anxiety can be helpful. The worksheet includes 13 questions—10 multiple-choice and 3 multiple-select items. Students classify examples such as arguing, avoiding others, feeling numb, or feeling stuck as fight, flight, or freeze; identify choices and thoughts they can control; and select trusted people to contact when anxiety feels abnormal. It is designed for health, social-emotional learning, or advisory lessons in upper elementary and middle school. A complete answer key is included for checking understanding and supporting discussion.

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Fight, Flight or Freeze

Total questions: 13

Name
Class
Date
1.

Anxiety is a feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease, typically about an imminent event or something with an uncertain outcome

a)

True

b)

False

2.

What is the part of the brain that causes the flight, fight, or freeze response?

a)

Hippocampus

b)

Amygdala

c)

Prefrontal Cortex

3.

What happens to the heart rate during the fight-or-flight response?

a)

Increases

b)

Remains the same

c)

Decreases

4.

Which of these is common sign of the fight-or-flight response?

a)

Tiredness

b)

Passiveness

c)

Sweating

5.

A little anxiety is a good thing

a)

True

b)

False

6.

Check off all the signs and symptoms of anxiety

a)

Tension in your body

b)

Sweating

c)

Confusion

d)

Feeling sick to your stomach

7.

Arguing with peers or adults

a)

Fight

b)

Flight

c)

Freeze

8.

Feeling numb

a)

Fight

b)

Flight

c)

Freeze

9.

Avoiding others

a)

Fight

b)

Flight

c)

Freeze

10.

Feeling scared

a)

Fight

b)

Flight

c)

Freeze

11.

Feeling stuck

a)

Fight

b)

Flight

c)

Freeze

12.

What are the things that you can control?

a)

Choices you make

b)

My thoughts

c)

What other people do

d)

The past

13.

Who should you reach out to if you feel like your anxiety isn't normal anymore?

a)

A parent/guardian

b)

Counselor

c)

Your pet

d)

A trusted adult

Answer Key

Fight, Flight or Freeze

Total questions: 13

1.
a)

True

2.
b)

Amygdala

3.
a)

Increases

4.
c)

Sweating

5.
a)

True

6.
a)

Tension in your body

, b)

Sweating

, c)

Confusion

, d)

Feeling sick to your stomach

7.
a)

Fight

8.
c)

Freeze

9.
b)

Flight

10.
b)

Flight

11.
c)

Freeze

12.
a)

Choices you make

, b)

My thoughts

13.
a)

A parent/guardian

, b)

Counselor

, d)

A trusted adult

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FAQs

What does the Fight, Flight or Freeze worksheet cover?

This worksheet uses 10 multiple-choice and 3 multiple-select questions to help Grades 5–6 students identify anxiety signs, understand that the amygdala triggers the fight-or-flight response, and recognize that heart rate increases during it. Students also classify behaviors and feelings as fight, flight, or freeze, distinguish controllable thoughts and choices from uncontrollable events, and identify trusted people to contact for support.

How can I use this worksheet to teach fight, flight, and freeze responses?

Introduce the amygdala and the body’s response before students complete the questions about increased heart rate and signs such as sweating or tension. Then discuss why arguing with peers represents fight, avoiding others represents flight, and feeling numb or stuck represents freeze. Use the final questions to connect recognizing anxiety with identifying controllable thoughts and choices and reaching out to a trusted adult.

What mistakes should I watch for when students complete this worksheet?

Students may confuse the amygdala with the hippocampus or prefrontal cortex, or assume that heart rate stays the same or decreases during fight-or-flight. They may also misclassify avoiding others as fight or interpret feeling stuck as flight instead of freeze. On the multiple-select items, check that students select every listed anxiety symptom and choose only thoughts and choices—and not the past or other people’s actions—as controllable.

How do I assign and grade this Fight, Flight or Freeze worksheet?

Wayground provides this worksheet as a printable PDF and as a digital quiz, and it includes a complete answer key for the 10 multiple-choice and 3 multiple-select questions. You can grade printable submissions by scanning student work with the Wayground for Teachers app, or review responses through the digital quiz.

How can I differentiate this worksheet for my students?

Use the worksheet’s Advanced Settings to adjust font spacing and font size for the response choices and symptom lists, or enable a dyslexia-friendly font. You can also translate the anxiety and fight-flight-freeze questions into another language so students can focus on the concepts and classifications.

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