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Stimuli and Response

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 43mins

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Class
Date
1.

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

2.

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

3.

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

4.

What is thigmotropism?

a)

The movement of plants in response to touch

b)

The movement of plants toward the sun

c)

A prokaryote's movement inside the bloodstream

d)

The movement of plants in response to gravity

5.

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

6.

External stimuli is

a)

change outside plant

b)

change inside plant

c)

Type of photosynthesis

d)

Type of cellular respiration

7.

any change inside plant is

a)

External stimuli

b)

Stimuli

c)

Transpiration

d)

Internal stimuli

8.

Which statement about plant stems is correct?

a)

They are positively phototropic and positively geotropic

b)

They are negatively phototropic but positively geotropic

c)

They are positively phototropic but negatively geotropic

9.

If a plant grows toward a light source, then it is said to be displaying ____________?

a)

negative geotropism

b)

positive phototropism

c)

negative phototropism

10.
Which type of tropism?
a)
hydrotropism
b)
thigmotropism
c)
phototropism
d)
geotropism
11.

What plant cell process is being shown in this video after the water is added to the soil?

a)

The plant cell vacuoles are filling with water and increasing turgor pressure.

b)

The plant cell vacuoles are losing water and decreasing turgor pressure.

c)

The plant cell vacuoles are loosing water and starting to collapse from gravitational pressure.

d)

The plant cell vacuoles are responding to light and forcing the plant to grow upwards.

12.

Any change in an organism’s environment that causes the organism to react. Example: The Sun would be this for a plant demonstrating phototropism.

a)

Stimulus

b)

Response

c)

Effect

d)

Force

13.

How an organism reacts to a stimulus, usually resulting in a change of behavior. Example: A plant grows towards a window because of the light from the Sun.

a)

Stimulus

b)

Response

c)

Effect

d)

Force

14.

What is the force inside the central vacuole called?

a)

The Force

b)

Turgor Pressure

c)

Water Pressure

d)

Thigmotropism

15.

What happened to this plant and why?

a)

The plant is dying due to lack of sunlight.

b)

The plant is withering due to lack of nutrients.

c)

The plant is sad it has no plant friends.

d)

The plant is wilting due to lack of water.

16.

What plant cell structure is this and why is it important to plants?

a)

mitochondria, the powerhouse of the cell

b)

vacuole, it stores water and nutrients for plants

c)

nucleus, the brain of the cell

d)

chloroplast, conducts photosynthesis for plants

17.

What happened to this cell and why?

a)

The cell is growing due to increased turgor pressure

b)

The cell shrunk due to lack of turgor pressure

c)

The cell needs more radiant energy and has shrunk

d)

The cell has been damaged beyond repair

18.

Which of these is an internal stimulus?

a)

Pizza

b)

A Bear

c)

Thirst

d)

light

19.

When you blink in response to something coming towards your eye, this is called a...

a)

stimulus

b)

change

c)

response

d)

tropism

20.

What is response?

a)

Answering a question

b)

Organism's reaction to a stimulus

c)

A flower

d)

All of these

21.

What is Response?

a)

What we do on the situation

b)

Answering a question.

c)

A flower

d)

all of these.

22.

Identify the response:

You are at the mall walking through the food court. You smell fresh baked pizza and realize that you skipped lunch. You buy a piece of pizza and eat it before going to buy your CD

a)

the smell of pizza

b)

buying a piece of pizza

c)

buying the CD

d)

food court

23.

Identify the stimulus..."A person shivers because it is cold outside"

a)

Cold temperature

b)

A person shivers

24.

What is an example of a stimulus for plants?

a)

Touch

b)

Gravity

c)

Light

d)

all of the above

25.

external stimuli

a)

a stimulus that comes from outside an organism.

b)

a stimulus that comes from inside an organism.

26.

internal stimuli

a)

a stimulus that comes from inside an organism.

b)

a stimulus that comes from outside an organism.