Environmental Factors That Affect Growth of Organisms

Any ecosystem factor that influences living organisms

• adaptation

• environmental factors

• genetic factors

• growth

• 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

• adaptation

• environmental factors

• genetic factors

• growth

• organism

Result from specific alleles carried by an individual

• adaptation

• environmental factors

• genetic factors

• growth

• organism

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

• genetic

• environmental

• biotic

• abiotic

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

• genetic

• environmental

• biotic

• abiotic

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

• genetic

• environmental

• biotic

• abiotic

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

• genetic

• environmental

• biotic

• abiotic

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

• 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.

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

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