Tropisms
A plants response to the stimulus of gravity.
What is gravitropism? or Geotropism
What does the body do to rid the body of contaminated food?
what is vomiting
What natural response does an organism have in order to warm the body when they are cold?
Shiver
What will a zebra do when approached by a lion?
Flight/Run away
What was the EXTERNAL Stimulus from the lab the other day that caused us to blink?
Cotton Balls Thrown
What is the stimulus for phototropism which causes plants to grow towards a window?
sunlight
In a place where there there is very warm temperatures, what cooling mechanism would humans or mammals respond to these hot temperatures to help maintain homeostasis?
What is sweat / sweating
What might a plant do when there is a lack of water in the stem?
fall over / wilt
A tiger approaches lion cubs, the moms response will be to do what fight or flight?
Fight
Loss of water in the cells of a plant would cause which response? (Be specific)
Wilting
The type of tropism that the stimulus is water.
hydrotropism
The natural defense of the body when invaded by a _______ is to make the body temperature too high for it to survive.
Virus/Bacteria
What would animals living in a hot humid environment likely do to cool off?
Sweat
A child is home alone and hears a crash outside, the child runs and hides under the bed. This would be an example of what response, fight or flight?
flight
When birds flock south for the winter what is the stimulus?
winter, changing seasons, temperature change
When talking about gravitropism, the roots grow in ____________ response to gravity while the stem grows in _______________ response to gravity.
What is positive, negative?
What does the human body do to force pollen to leave the body?
sneeze, runny noses
Which of the following is(are) an INTERNAL stimulus:
1. Petting a dog
2.touching a dogs food
3.petting a dogs puppies
4. stomach virus creating a stomachache
#4. Stomach virus
What are at least 2 responses to fight or flight
Heart rate increase, breathing rate increase, sweating
What two things do animals do to survive unusually cold temperature?
Hibernation or Migration
list three of the four stimuli that plants respond to.
what is light, gravity, water, or touch
Producing less urine would be in response to what INTERNAL stimulus?
What is dehydration?
In order to maintain homeostasis, during extreme cold birds _____________and ground squirrels ____________ to respond to the external stimulus of the climate.
Migrate , hibernate
What is the physiological response the body has to stress to avoid harm called?
Fight or Flight
Increased _________________ in the blood from exercising can be removed by breathing faster.
Carbon Dioxide