Tropism, Stimulus and Response

Movement toward a stimulus

• hydrotropism

• positive tropism

• dormancy

• stimulus

A period of inactivity before germination

• stimulus

• tropism

• dormancy

• photosynthesis

Movement away from a stimulus

• geotropism

• hydrotropism

• stimulus

• negative tropism

A plant's response to any stimulus

• dormancy

• tropism

• hibernation

• pollination

A plant's response to touch

• thigmotropism

• geotropism

• hydrotropism

• dormancy

Water, light, ,earth, and touch are examples of

• dormancy

• tropisms

• stimulus

• hibernation

The movement of roots toward the ground or the movement of stems away from the ground

• hydrotropism

• geotropism

• thigmotropism

• phototropism

The movement of a plant's roots toward water in the soil

• thigmotropism

• geotropism

• phototropism

• hydrotropism

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

The movements in a plant in response to light

• phototropism

• geotropism

• hydrotropism

• thigmotropism

Why does a plant stem grow upward away from the soil?

• positive geotropism

• positive thigmotropism

• negative geotropism

• negative hydrotropism