Growth of Organisms

The process of increasing in size and maturity is called

• adaptation

• growth

• genetic factors

• environmental factors

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The process of becoming better suited to an environment.

• growth

• genetic factor

• adaptation

• environmental

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Living factors are ________ conditions, such as how crowded the plants are or what insects or animals will eat them.

• genes

• biotic

• abiotic

• environmental

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The following are abiotic factors that may affect plant growth (check all that apply).

• type of soil

• temperature

• pollinators

• rainfall

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_______________ factors that influence the growth of organisms can be biotic or abiotic.

• genetic

• living

• non-living

• environmental

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Plants can inherit genes that predispose them to ___________ or other conditions that negatively affect their growth.

• fertiilizer

• sunlight

• disease

• people

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True or false.

Tropism is a directed growth or movement based on a stimulus, either negative or positive.

• true

• false

A self-contained living thing

• adaptation

• environmental factors

• genetic factors

• growth

• organism

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_________ factors that influence the growth of organisms can be biotic or abiotic.

• genetic

• environmental

• biotic

• abiotic

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Living factors are _________ conditions, such as how crowded the plants are or what insects or animals will eat them.

• genetic

• environmental

• biotic

• abiotic

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