Plant Systems and Homeostasis

Xylem transports...

• water

• sugar

• oxygen

• carbon dioxide

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Phloem transports

• water

• sugar

• oxygen

• carbon dioxide

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

increase the amount of sunlight plants absorb

• roots

• stems

• leaves

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

For desert plants, the stoma would be...

• open during the day

• open during the night

• open at all times

• closed at all times

A plant’s roots grow thicker near the stream than away from the stream.  To what stimulus is the plant responding? 

• thigmotropism

• hydrotropism

• phototropism

• gravitropism

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

What term refers to a plant growing or moving away from a stimulus?

• Homeostasis

• Tropism

• Dormancy

• Internal stimulus

A plant by a window starts growing towards the window. Why?

• Heat from the sun caused the plant to grow towards the window

• The plant is leaning towards the window to get fresh air

• The plant is responding to the stimulus of sunlight

• The plant is responding to water in the air and growing towards it

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

The maintenance of an organism’s internal environment is called:

• stimulus

• homeostasis

• balancing

• stimuli

What is another word that can be used to describe "homeostasis"?

• STABLE

• EQUAL

• COMPLETE

• CORRECT

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NGSS.MS-LS1-3

What type of tropism is response to touch? 

• Gravitropism

• Phototropism

• Thigmotropism

• Hydrotropism