The Science Behind How Organisms Adapt and Respond to Their Environment!
How Organisms Adapt & Respond to Their Environment! Have you ever been to a sunflower field and questioned why the flowers turn toward the sun? Or, why you immediately drop your toast after picking it up out of the toaster when it is too hot? Oddly enough, these are two great examples of how biotic, otherwise known as living, organisms respond to their environment! We, as humans, live out examples of biology every day! Let's Talk About Sensitivity: Sensitivity is known as how organisms respond to stimuli. All living things , also known as biotic organisms, respond to stimuli. This is a lavish way for describing the things that happen in an organisms environment, which could include anything, such as touch, sounds, temperatures, or light (University of Minnesota, n.d.) . A very straightforward example may be when you turn your car on, your music is still turned up all the way from the previous night's karaoke session, and your body flinches because the music is too loud an...