Question

Shreya touched a hot kettle and quickly pulled her hand away. Choose the most appropriate characteristic represented by the given statement.

• A. Reproduction
• B. Response to stimuli
• C. Growth
• D. Respiration

Answer 1

The correct option is B

Response to stimuli

Living things respond to changes around them. Therefore Shreya pulled her hand away when she touched a hot kettle in response to touch. Response to stimuli is one main characteristic of all living things including plants.
For example, the touch-me-not plant (Mimosa pudica).
The leaves of this plant close or droop in response to touch. In humans and higher mammals, there is a separate nervous system which helps to sense stimulus and send signals to the brain to respond in the appropriate way to that stimulus.