Which of the following would provide the best evidence that genetic factors influence the growth of plants?

Seeds from several different plans are planted under identical conditions and found to grow at different rates.

Seeds from several different plants are planted under identical conditions and found to grow at similar rates.

Several seeds from one single parent plant are planted under a variety of conditions and found to grow at similar rates.

Several seeds from one single parent plant are planted under a variety of conditions and found to grow at different rates.

Students treated a population of bean plants with fertilizer. They observed that these plants, on average, were taller than another population of the same kind of bean plants that were not treated with fertilizer. These observations lend support to which of the following conclusions?

Fertilizer can affect the growth of bean plants.

Not all plants respond to fertilizer the same way.

Survival of bean plants is dependent on fertilizer.

Only fertilizer can make bean plants larger.

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?

The genetic materials of all the plants would be the same.

Genetic factors cannot influence plant height or leaf growth.

Environmental factors are usually stronger than genetic factors.

Changing environments can alter a plant's genetic material.

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?

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

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

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

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

Why would flowers in a pot will bend toward a window?

To absorb as much sunlight as possible to be able to make food.

To be able to see what is happening outside.

To let the water in the dirt evaporate.

To get a suntan and let their leaves turn green.

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Any ecosystem factor that influences living organisms

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genetic factors

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organism

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Process of increasing in size and maturity

adaptation

environmental factors

genetic factors

growth

organism

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The process of becoming better suited to its environment

adaptation

environmental factors

genetic factors

growth

organism

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A self-contained living thing

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organism

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Result from specific alleles carried by an individual

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organism

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_________ factors are traits that animals inherit that either positively or negatively influence their growth.

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

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Environmental Factors on Organisms Growth

Any ecosystem factor that influences living organisms

Process of increasing in size and maturity

The process of becoming better suited to its environment

A self-contained living thing

Result from specific alleles carried by an individual

_________ factors are traits that animals inherit that either positively or negatively influence their growth.

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

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

Nonliving factors include _________ conditions, such as the type of soil and the amount of water, sunlight, and temperature plants receive.

Which of the following would provide the best evidence that genetic factors influence the growth of plants?

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