Question

Which biological process helps detect changes in the environment and respond?

While walking in your backyard barefoot, you step on a thorn from a rose plant. As a result, you immediately cry out in pain. The biological characteristic that you just demonstrated is ( ).

Answer 1

Receptors. Receptors are groups of specialized cells. They detect a change in the environment stimulus. In the nervous system this leads to an electrical impulse being made in response to the stimulus. Hope this helps!!!!