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Lesson: Chapter 8 — Characteristics of Living Organisms

8.4. Irritability and co-ordination 1 of 5

Question 1

Choose the most suitable definition of a stimulus.

The right answer is the one marked above.

A change arising in the external or internal environment that is capable of producing a response. The clause "capable of producing a response" is essential.

“A change arising in the external or internal environment” is close but incomplete — not every change is a stimulus; it needs enough strength to produce a response. Linking organs together while responding is the definition of co-ordination.

Answer the question to continue.