Growth of Organisms

What are the 4 major environmental factors that influence the growth of organisms?

• space, light, food, water

• location, size, DNA, time

• space, light, DNA, time

• food, water, location, size

A directed growth or movement in response to a stimulus

• environmental

• genetic

• tropism

• offspring

When a plant grows towards a light source

• gravitropism

• phototropism

• thigmotropism

• magic

What is "gravitropism"

• when plants grow in a particular direction in response to gravity

• when plants grow towards a light source

• when plants change their growth to bend around an object

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When plants change their growth to bend around an object or grow up a wall or tree

• gravitropism

• phototropism

• thigmotropism

• photosynthesis

Which statement illustrates genetic factors that effect the growth of organisms?

• The genes a plant receives effects how tall it will become

• The amount of water a plant receives effects how tall it will become

• The amount of sunlight a plant receives effects how tall it will become

• The amount of food a plant receives effects how tall it will become

A specific characteristic of an individual organism

• trait

• gene

• chromosome

• pollen

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A self contained living thing

• organism

• gene

• adaptation

• stimulus

A process by which a population becomes better suited to its environment by increasing the frequencies of traits that provide benefits to survival and reproduction

• adaptation

• pollination

• fertilization

• growth

Any difference in traits between individual organisms

• variation

• adaptation

• pollination

• inheritance