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Tropisms

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Asexual reproduction in organisms that produce offspring that are_____________?

a)

Diffrent from the parent plant

b)

highly charged organim

c)

identical to the parent plant

d)

not like the parent plant

2.

Which of the following is an organism's reaction to a change in it's surrondings?

a)

Response

b)

Development

c)

Distraction

d)

Stimulus

3.

A stimulus is______________________?

a)

a change in a organisms surrondings

b)

process in which organism grow larger

c)

the result of sexual reproduction

d)

a reaction in change of surrondings

4.

Which of the following responses is a plant growing toward or leaning toward light?

a)

thigmotrophism

b)

phototropism

c)

gravitropism

d)

hydrotropism

5.

Plant's roots grow down, anchoring it into the ground. To what stimulus is the plant responding?

a)

thigmotropism

b)

phototropism

c)

hydropism

d)

gravitropism

6.

Compared to plants, fungi cannot-?

a)

make thier own food.

b)

be used in helpful ways.

c)

cause disease in other organisms.

d)

grow in large amounts.

7.

Which of the following responses is a plant growing toward or leaning toward touch?

a)

thigmotropism

b)

hydrotropism

c)

phototropism

d)

gravitropism

8.

A plants roots grow thicker towards the stream than away from the stream. To what stimulus is the plant responding to?

a)

thigmotropism

b)

gravitropism

c)

photoropism

d)

hydrotropism

9.

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

a)

Touch

b)

Dormancy

c)

Tropism

d)

Development

10.

A vine plant brushes against a fence and wraps itself around the fence. To what response is the stimulus is the plant responding to?

a)

phototropism

b)

gravitropism

c)

hydrotropism

d)

thigmotropism

11.

Which is NOT a method for animals to obtain resources for energy?

a)

sponges filter food from the water.

b)

rose bushes have thorns.

c)

animals move to get there food.

d)

fungi absorb nutrients from other organisms.

12.

How does an organism described as an autotroph obtain resources for energy?

a)

The organism feeds off other organisms.

b)

The organism makes food through photosynthesis.

c)

The organism hunts other organisms.

d)

The organism grazes on grass and other plants.

13.

Which is not a characteristic that all organisms share?

a)

Need to obtain resources for energy.

b)

Responds to stimuli.

c)

Ability to reproduce.

d)

Need to dress fashionably.

14.

The term for the invertebrate phylum of the Animal Kingdom is-----

a)

Chordata.

b)

Endoskeleton.

c)

Invertebrate.

d)

Exoskeleton.

15.

Through which process do plants obtian energy?

a)

Transpiration

b)

Respiration

c)

Photosynthesis

d)

Precipitation

16.

Which best describes change in organisms?

a)

Organisms become larger.

b)

Organisms become more complex.

c)

Organisms perpare for colder weather.

d)

Organisms obtain energy.

17.

Development of an organism results in?

a)

An organism becoming more complex.

b)

An organism leaving its surrondings.

c)

An organism becoming larger.

d)

An organism adapting to its surrondings.