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STIMULI AND RESPONSES IN PLANT

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A stimulus is ___________

a)

a change in an organisms surroundings.

b)

process in which organisms grow larger.

c)

a reaction to a change in surroundings

d)

tropism

2.

what type of tropism is occurring here?

a)

phototropism

b)

thigmotropism

c)

geotropism

d)

tropictropism

3.

what type of tropism is occurring here?

a)

phototropism

b)

thigmotropism

c)

geotropism

d)

tropictropism

4.
What type of tropism is response to touch? 
a)
Gravitropism
b)
Phototropism
c)
Thigmotropism
d)
Hydrotropism
5.
This picture would represent which type of tropism?
a)
Phototropism
b)
Geotropism
c)
Hydrotropism
d)
Thigmotropism
6.
What type of tropism response to water? 
a)
Hydrotropism
b)
Gravitropism
c)
Thigmotropism
d)
Phototropism
7.
A vine plant brushes against a fence and wraps itself around the fence.  To what stimulus is the plant responding? 
a)
phototropism
b)
hydrotropism
c)
thigmotropism
d)
gravitropism
8.
Plant’s roots grow down, anchoring it into the soil. To what stimulus is the plant responding?
a)
thigmotropism
b)
hydrotropism
c)
phototropism
d)
gravitropism
9.

What is an example of a stimulus for plants?

a)

Touch

b)

Gravity

c)

Light

d)

all of the above

10.
What type of tropism response to water? 
a)
Hydrotropism
b)
Gravitropism
c)
Thigmotropism
d)
Phototropism
11.

What type of tropism is occurring here?

(a)  

12.

Mimosa sp. responds to touch by folding its leaves inwards when touched. The responds occurs rapidly.

a)

Thigmotropism

b)

Phototropism

c)

Geotropism

d)

Nastic movement

13.

When the plant grows toward the light.

a)

Negative hydrotropism

b)

Positive geotropism

c)

Negative phototropism

d)

Positive phototropism

14.

This is Venus flytrap. What stimulus does it use to trap the insects?

a)

Light

b)

Water

c)

Gravity

d)

Touch

15.

The roots of a plant grow down because it is respond to....

a)

Gravity

b)

Light

c)

Temperature

d)

All of the above

16.

How do stems respond to light?

a)

It grows away from the light

b)

It grows towards the trees

c)

It grows towards the roots

d)

It grows towards the light

17.

Which of the following is not the stimuli of plants?

a)

Bright

b)

Water

c)

Gravity

d)

Touch

18.

This part of the plants respond to light.

a)

Leaves

b)

Root

c)

Shoot

d)

Branch

19.

The root of a plant responds to ............... and ................. .

a)

light

b)

gravity

c)

touch

d)

water

20.

Which of the following plants respond to touch?

a)

Hibiscus

b)

Rafflesia

c)

Orchid

d)

Venus flytrap