Growth of Organisms

Any ecosystem factor that influences living organisms

• adaptation

• organism

• genetic factors

• growth

• environmental factors

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Process of increasing in size and maturity

• adaptation

• organism

• genetic factors

• growth

• environmental factors

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The process of becoming better suited to its environment

• adaptation

• organism

• genetic factors

• growth

• environmental factors

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A self-contained living thing.

• adaptation

• organism

• genetic factors

• growth

• environmental factors

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Result from specific alleles carried by an individual.

• adaptation

• organism

• genetic factors

• growth

• environmental factors

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TRUE or FALSE?

Genetic factors, such as drought, light, and carbon dioxide, can affect a plant's growth.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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Seeds from several DIFFERENT plants are planted under IDENTICAL conditions and found to grow at different rates. What factor is this due to?

• Genetic Factors

• Environmental Factors

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Plants respond to environmental factors. Which tree ring best represents a year when this tree was responding to plentiful environmental factors such as water and warmth?

• A

• B

• C

• D

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Students planted several radish plants (Raphanus sativus) in their school garden. Students were allowed to take some of the plants home. One student observed that the plants grown at home were taller and had more leaves. She proposed the idea that genetic differences were responsible for the differences between the plants grown at school and the plants grown at home. Which of the following is the best argument against this idea?

• Genetic factors cannot influence plant height or leaf growth.

• Environmental factors are usually stronger than genetic factors.

• The genetic material of all the plants would be the same.

• Changing environments can alter a plant's genetic material.

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Which of the following procedures would provide the best data to test the effect of daylight hours on the number of blooms on rose bushes?

• Count the number of blooms on rose bushes in different areas of the world that have different amounts of daylight.

• Research the kinds of rose bushes that have the highest number of blooms to see how much daylight they need.

• Collect data on the number of blooms on rose bushes all grown under identical conditions, except hours of daylight.

• Study a single rose bush during different seasons and under different amounts of daylight to see when it has the most blooms.

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