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Tropisms

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Draw what happens in phototropism?

2.

Draw what happens in geotropism?

3.

What is tropism?

a)

A plant's response to a stimulus

b)

A plant reproducing

c)

An animal's response to a stimulus

d)

A prokaryote's response to a stimulus

4.

Which of these are types of tropism? Select all that apply:

a)

Hydrotropism

b)

Synthetropism

c)

Electrotropism

d)

Gravitropism

5.

What is gravitropism/geotropism?

a)

The movement of a plant in response to gravity

b)

The movement of a plant in response to earthquakes

c)

The movement of bacteria in response to changes in temperature

d)

The movement of plants towards water

6.

True or False: Gravitropism can be either negative or positive

a)

True

b)

False

7.

Is hydrotropism negative or positive?

a)

Positive

b)

Negative

c)

Neither

d)

Both

8.

What is phototropism?

a)

The movement of plants towards light

b)

The movement of plants away from light

c)

The movement of plants in response to infrared light

d)

The movement of plants towards water

9.

What makes a tropism positive or negative?

a)

Positive = movement towards stimulus, Negative = movement away from stimulus

b)

Negative = movement towards stimulus, Positive = movement away from stimulus

c)

Who cares? It doesn't matter whether it is positive or negative

d)

Positive = when a plant is happy, Negative = when a plant is sad

10.

This example for

a)

Internal stimuli

b)

Thigmotropism

c)

Phototropism

d)

no answer correct

11.

What part of the plant responds positively to gravity?

a)

roots

b)

xylem

c)

leaves

12.
Which type of tropism?
a)
hydrotropism
b)
thigmotropism
c)
phototropism
d)
geotropism