sensing and responding to its external environment sensing and responding to its internal environment changing and controlling its external environment changing and controlling its internal environment
I gave my students this multiple choice question: A cat jumps when startled by a loud noise. This is an example of an organism

Only one answer is correct among these 4 choices:
- sensing and responding to its external environment
- sensing and responding to its internal environment
- changing and controlling its external environment
- changing and controlling its internal environment

Could you tell me which one is correct?

sensing and responding to its external environment