Ecology Review (16)

What is tropism?

• A plant's response to a stimulus

• A plant reproducing

• An animal's response to a stimulus

• A prokaryote's response to a stimulus

Which of these are types of tropism? Select all that apply:

• Hydrotropism

• Synthetropism

• Electrotropism

• Gravitropism

What is gravitropism/geotropism?

• The movement of a plant in response to gravity

• The movement of a plant in response to earthquakes

• The movement of bacteria in response to changes in temperature

• The movement of plants towards water

What is thigmotropism?

• The movement of plants in response to touch

• The movement of plants toward the sun

• A prokaryote's movement inside the bloodstream

• The movement of plants in response to gravity

What is phototropism?

• The movement of plants towards light

• The movement of plants away from light

• The movement of plants in response to infrared light

• The movement of plants towards water

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Roots of a tree growing towards the water line of a house.

• Geotropism

• Phototropism

• Thigmotropism

• Hydrotropism

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What do limiting factors do?

• Separate biotic factors from abiotic factors.

• Determine which is the predator and which is the prey.

• Regulate how many organisms live in an ecosystem.

• Determine which natural disasters will hit an area.

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What is the carrying capacity of the graph?

• around 500
• more than 500
• less than 500
• around 600

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What type of succession happens after a forest fire?

• primary succession

• habitat fragmentation

• secondary succession

• pioneer species

What type of species are the first to live in a new habitat?

• Pioneer species

• primary succession

• trees

• secondary succession