Investigating Plant Systems

What are the levels of organization in plants?

• Plants have cells, but not tissues.

• Plants are made up of cells, tissues, organs, and organ systems

• Plants contain cells and tissues, but not organs.

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___________________________ is growth that happens in organisms in response to light, such as a stem bending toward a light source.

• transpiration

• gravitropism

• phototropism

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Which action describes a response to internal stimuli?

• catching a ball at a baseball game

• drinking when you are thirsty

• running at the sight of a wild lion

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_________________ is something that causes a response from an organism.

• geotropism

• emergence

• stimulus

• water

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An example of a positive tropism to gravity is the ________________.

• shoot system growing down

• root system growing down

• shoot system growing up

When the plant cells contain a lot of water, the water exerts force on their cell walls. This force is called _____________________>

• force pressure

• transpiration

• turgor pressure

• out side pressure

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In general, leaves, roots, stems and flowers are

• Plant Systems

• Plant Cells

• Plant Organs

• Plant Organisms

The plant hormone response to the

force of gravity

• Phototropism

• Geotropism

• Thigmotropism

• Transpiration

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What type of tropism is seen here with the ivy plant growing around the wooden stake?

• phototropism
• geotropism
• thigmotropism
• hydrotropism

Wilting is a plant's response to:

• High turgor pressure

• Low turgor pressure

• Gravity

• Sunlight

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