Tropisms

A detectable change in the internal or external environment of an organism is called a...

• stimulus

• response

• tropism

• turgor pressure

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

Any change an organism makes because of a change in the environment is a...

• stimulus

• response

• tropism

• turgor pressure

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

The turning of all or part of an organism in a particular direction in response to an external stimulus is called a...

• stimulus

• response

• tropism

• turgor pressure

When the organism moves toward the stimulus, it is a...

• negative tropism

• positive tropism

• turgor pressure

• stimulus

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

When the organism moves away from the stimulus, it is called a...

• stimulus

• turgor pressure

• positive tropism

• negative tropism

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

When organisms respond to light as a stimulus, we call it...

• thigmotropism

• hydrotropism

• phototropism

• geotropism

When organisms respond to gravity as a stimulus, we call it...

• thigmotropism

• hydrotropism

• phototropism

• geotropism

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

When organisms respond to water or moisture as a stimulus, we call it...

• thigmotropism

• hydrotropism

• phototropism

• geotropism

When organisms respond to touch as a stimulus, we call it...

• thigmotropism

• hydrotropism

• phototropism

• geotropism

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

The pressure that water-filled vacuoles exert on the cell wall of plant cells is called...

• stimulus

• thigmotropism

• turgor pressure

• tropism

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2