STAAR Plant Simulation

what type of tropism is occurring here?

• phototropism

• thigmotropism

• geotropism

• tropictropism

what type of tropism is occurring here?

• phototropism

• thigmotropism

• geotropism

• tropictropism

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

This picture would represent which type of tropism?

• Phototropism
• Geotropism
• Hydrotropism
• Thigmotropism

Changes in an organism's environment that cause a response

• Tropism
• Hormone
• Stimuli
• Response

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

When the plant grows toward the stimuli

• Positive
• Negative

When the plant grows away from the stimuli

• Positive 
• Negative

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

A stimulus is ___________

• anything that causes an organism to react.

• process in which organisms grow larger.

• a reaction to a change in surroundings

• tropism

Which of the following is an organism’s reaction to a change in its surroundings?

• response 
• distraction
• stimulus
• development

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

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

• thigmotropism

• hydrotropism

• phototropism

• geotropism

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

• Touch
• Tropism
• Dormancy
• Development