sensitivity Flashcards

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what is a stimulus?

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it is a change to the environment that causes an organism to react

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what is a response

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it is the reaction to a stimulus

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what is sensitivity?

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it is the ability of an organism to detect and respond to changes in the environment

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what are stimuli detected by

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receptors in sensory cells in sense organs

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