Plant Tropisms

What word describes the movement of plants towards or away from a stimulus?

• Stimuli

• Tropism

• Plant response

• Auxin

This image illustrates the concept of

• Geotropism

• Hydrotropism

• Thigmotropism

• Phototropism

Growth that happens in response to direct contact

• Hydrotropism

• Thigmotropism

• Geotropism

• Phototropism

Geotropism causes the stem of the plant to grow upward and roots downward

• False

• True

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

What is hydrotropism?

• The way a plant responds to touch

• The way a plant responds to water

• The way a plant responds to light

• The way a plant responds to gravity

This image illustrates the concept of

• Thigmotropism

• Geotropism

• Phototropism

• Hydrotropism

What is a stimulus?

• A response to water

• The movement of plants towards or away a stimulus

• An event that causes a response or reaction

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

External Stimulus is

• A change in the environment outside of the organism

• An event that causes a response or reaction

• The movement of plants towards or away from a stimulus

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

This image illustrates the concept of

• Hydrotropism

• Phototropism

• Geotropism

• Thigmotropism

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

This image illustrates the concept of

• Geotropism

• Hydrotropism

• Phototropism

• Thigmotropism

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6