PAP Tropism and Plant Hormones

Response to a stimulus in plants is called ________.

• touch

• gravity

• light

• tropism

A __________ is something that evokes a response.

• stimulus

• response

• tropism

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

The growth of shoots and roots is controlled by a group of hormones called _________.

• auxins

• ethylene

• stimulus

• tropism

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

Roots growing down into the earth is an example of ___________.

• positive phototropism

• positive geotropism

• positive thigmotropism

• negative geotropism

Shoots, stems, and leaves growing up away from the earth is an example of __________.

• negative geotropism

• positive geotropism

• positive thigmotropism

• negative thigmotropism

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

A growth movement away from a stimulus is called _________.

• positive tropism

• negative hydrotropism

• negative tropism

• positive phototropism

Growth movement of a plant towards touch is called __________.

• positive thigmotropism

• negative geotropism

• negative thigmotropism

• positive phototropism

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

Which of the following is not a stimulus that plants respond to?

• touch

• light

• wind

• earth/gravity

The roots of a plant growing away from touch is called ___________.

• positive hydrotropism

• positive geotropism

• negative thigmotropism

• negative phototropism

Roots growing away from sunlight is an example of ______________.

• negative phototropism

• positive phototropism

• positive geotropism

• negative thigmotropism

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5