Plant Processes and Responses

Water is taken in through the roots of a plant by _____________.

• photosynthesis

• osmosis

• respiration

• mesophyll

Which of the following types of responses is shown when a plant grows toward or away from light?

• thigmotropism

• phototropism

• hydrotropism

• gravitropism

Which of the following responses are shown when a plant grows toward or away from a touch?

• Thigmotropism

• Gravitropism

• Phototropism

• Hydrotropism

When a houseplant grows toward a window, the plant is demonstrating ________________.

• Negative geotropism

• Positive hydrotropism

• Negative phototropism

• Positive phototropism

Which type of tropism involves a plant's growth response to light?

• Hydrotropism

• Geotropism

• Phototropism

• Thigmotropism

Phototropism is (a)  

• The plant response to water

• The plant response to light

• The plant response to gravity

• The plant response to soil

Tropisms

• Growth responses in plants; such as movement away from or toward a stimulus

• The bodies way of keeping in balance

• The which process causes a plant to wilt in response to too much or too little water

• The bodies way of reacting to a stimulus

A plants response to gravitational force is - (a)  

• Geotropsim

• Thigmotropsim

• Hydrotropism

• Phototropism

A ______________ is a response that results in plant growth toward or away from a stimulus.

• tropism

• chloroplast

• stomata

• photograph

What type of tropism is demonstrated by a venus fly trap when it snaps shut on an insect?

• thigmotropism

• hydrotropism

• phototropism

• gravitropism