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Response to Stimuli

Response to stimuli is the way living organisms react to changes in their environment. This response is essential for survival and is observed in all living organisms, from single-celled bacteria to complex multicellular organisms like animals and plants.

Types of Stimuli

• Internal Stimuli: These are changes that occur within the organism, such as hunger, thirst, and hormonal changes.
• External Stimuli: These are changes that occur in the environment surrounding the organism, such as light, temperature, sound, and touch.

Types of Responses

• Behavioral Response: This involves actions or movements by the organism, such as a plant growing towards light or an animal running away from a predator.
• Physiological Response: This involves changes within the organism's body, such as pupil dilation in response to light or sweating in response to heat.
• Cellular Response: This involves changes at the cellular level, such as a plant cell changing its turgor pressure in response to changes in water availability.

Examples of Response to Stimuli

Here are a few examples of how different organisms respond to stimuli:

• Plants: Plants exhibit phototropism, which is the growth of the plant towards light. They also respond to touch through thigmotropism.
• Animals: Animals exhibit various responses, such as a dog salivating at the sight of food, a frog jumping away from a predator, or a human shivering in response to cold temperature.
• Microorganisms: Bacteria can move towards nutrients (positive chemotaxis) or away from harmful substances (negative chemotaxis).

Study Guide

Here are some study tips and questions to help you understand the concept of response to stimuli:

1. Describe the difference between internal and external stimuli.
2. Give an example of a behavioral response in animals and a physiological response in plants.
3. Explain how the concept of response to stimuli is important for the survival of organisms.
4. Discuss how humans respond to different types of stimuli in their environment.
5. Research and describe a specific example of a cellular response in a living organism.

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