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10.105 Neural Signaling and Behavioral Responses Worksheet

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Neural Signaling and Behavioral Responses: Students identify stimulus-response pathways and interpret how neurons, synapses, neurotransmitters, sensory receptors, and effectors coordinate behavior and survival responses. Rigor range: standard concept checks through honors/Pre-AP/AP-ready integrated physiology, plant systems, health data, and applied decision-making. Aligned to FreeK12Practice High School Biology Curriculum Crosswalk (NGSS/NRC Framework; CCSS Literacy and Mathematics; AP Biology enrichment; Texas TEKS Biology; Florida NGSSS/CPALMS Biology; Virginia SOL Biology; California NGSS and New York State Science Learning Standards) BIO.10.105 - Neural Signaling and Behavioral Responses: Corresponding standards copied from the curriculum for skill 10.105: National: NGSS HS-LS1-2; HS-LS1-3; HS-LS4-2; DCI LS1.A, LS1.D; CCSS RST.9-10.2; RST.11-12.7; RST.9-10.8; AP Biology SYI-2, SYI-3, IST-3, SP1. State frameworks: TX TEKS BIO.12A, BIO.12C; FL NGSSS SC.912.L.14.26, SC.912.L.14.52; VA SOL BIO.3b, BIO.3d; CA NGSS/NYSSLS HS-LS1-2, HS-LS1-3.

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Problem 1Difficulty: Mastery

Use the prolonged-stress model. A student hears a fire alarm, startles immediately, then remains alert with elevated heart rate for several minutes. Which explanation best integrates the timing?

AEndocrine signals create the sound stimulus before the ear detects it.

BThe immediate startle is caused by plant hormones moving through roots.

CNeural circuits can act only after hormones have circulated for hours.

DFast neural circuits produce the immediate startle, while endocrine signals help sustain longer-lasting body responses.

Solution & Explanation:Immediate responses often rely on rapid neural circuits. Longer-lasting stress responses can be supported by circulating hormones that extend the physiological response.

Problem 2Difficulty: Mastery

Use the predator-prey response data. Prey with more sensitive vibration receptors flee when a predator is 4 meters away; prey with less sensitive receptors flee at 1 meter. Over many generations in predator-rich habitats, which evolutionary outcome is most plausible?

ALess sensitive receptors must become common because late fleeing always increases survival.

BReceptor sensitivity cannot be influenced by inherited variation.

CAlleles supporting earlier predator detection may become more common if early fleeing improves survival and reproduction.

DThe data show plant stomata control predator behavior.

Solution & Explanation:If inherited receptor sensitivity improves survival in predator-rich environments, individuals with those alleles may leave more offspring, making the alleles more common.

Problem 3Difficulty: Mastery

Use the synapse-variant table. Variant 1: normal neurotransmitter release, no postsynaptic response. Variant 2: no neurotransmitter release, normal receptors. Variant 3: normal release and normal response. Which variant most likely has a postsynaptic receptor problem?

AVariant 2

BVariant 1

CVariant 3

DAll variants equally

Solution & Explanation:If release is normal but the postsynaptic response is absent, the problem is likely at receptor binding or postsynaptic signaling. Variant 2 points to presynaptic release instead.

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This worksheet is designed specifically for Biology Science students. It aligns with educational standard BIO.10.105 (Corresponding standards copied from the curriculum for skill 10.105: National: NGSS HS-LS1-2; HS-LS1-3; HS-LS4-2; DCI LS1.A, LS1.D; CCSS RST.9-10.2; RST.11-12.7; RST.9-10.8; AP Biology SYI-2, SYI-3, IST-3, SP1. State frameworks: TX TEKS BIO.12A, BIO.12C; FL NGSSS SC.912.L.14.26, SC.912.L.14.52; VA SOL BIO.3b, BIO.3d; CA NGSS/NYSSLS HS-LS1-2, HS-LS1-3.).