Animal Responses

The directional response of a cell or an organism to an external stimulus is called?

• Tropism

• Kinesis

• Taxis

• Geothermal

What makes kinesis different to taxis?

What is the term for the directional animal response to gravity?

• Geotaxis

• Chemotaxis

• Thigmotaxis

• Phototaxis

What is the term for the directional response to touch or contact?

• Geotaxis

• Chemotaxis

• Thigmotaxis

• Phototaxis

What is the term for the directional response to temperature?

• Geotaxis

• Chemotaxis

• Thermotaxis

• Phototaxis

The directional response to chemicals is called

• chemotaxis

• hydrotaxis

• phototaxis

• thigmotaxis

When a mobile organism moves towards light, this response is known as...?

When a mobile organism's movements change in speed or rate of turning in response to a stimulus this response is known as a ...?

When a maggot moves away from light, this response is...?

• negative phototropism

• negative photokinesis

• negative phototaxis

• negative hydrotaxis

What is the general purpose of taxes and kineses as biological responses?