Term Name: response to heat
Synonyms: response to heat shock
Definition: Any process that results in a change in state or activity of a cell or an organism (in terms of movement, secretion, enzyme production, gene expression, etc.) as a result of a heat stimulus, a temperature stimulus above the optimal temperature for that organism.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0009408]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
is a type of: response to stress response to temperature stimulus
has subtype: cellular response to heat filamentous growth of a population of unicellular organisms in response to heat heat acclimation