Growth of Organisms Flashcard Review

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What are nonliving factors that affect plant growth?

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Abiotic factors, such as soil type, water, sunlight, and temperature.

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What is the process of increasing in size and maturity called?

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Growth.

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What are traits that animals inherit that influence their growth?

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Genetic factors.

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What is a self-contained living thing?

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Organism.

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What are the conditions that affect the growth of organisms but are not living?

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Abiotic conditions.

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What is the term for changes in an organism that help it survive in its environment?

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Adaptation.

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What type of factors can influence the growth of an organism besides genetic factors?

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Environmental factors.

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What is the best argument against the idea that genetic differences caused the height differences in radish plants?

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The genetic materials of all the plants would be the same.

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What do we call the inherited characteristics that can affect an organism's growth?

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Genetic traits.

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What is the difference between abiotic and biotic factors?

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Abiotic factors are nonliving (like water and sunlight), while biotic factors are living (like plants and animals).