Taxis and Tropism

The behavioral response of a cell or an organism to an external stimulus is called?

• Tropism

• Kinesis

• Taxis

• Geothermal

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

Growth in response to a stimulus is called

• Tropism

• Taxis

• kinesis

• Geothermal

A ____________taxis is one in which the organism or a cell moves towards the source

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

An earthworm moving away from the light and into a darker area is called

• Themotaxis

• Phototaxis

• Geotaxis

• Hydrotaxis

larvae of some wireworms moving to deeper, more moist layers of the soil when the top layers dry out. Is an example of ________

• hydrotaxis

• themotaxis

• phototaxis

• geotaxis

_______________is the response to temperature

Adult fruit flies climb up in their chambers or vials against gravity. This is an example of

• Thermotaxis

• Geotaxis

• Phototaxis

• Thigmotaxis

What type of taxis is shown in the picture?

• negative geotaxis

• positive phototaxis

• negative geotaxis

• negative phototaxis

_____________is the response to touch.

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

When bacteria direct their movements according to certain chemicals in their environment. this is an example of

• chemotaxis

• phototaxis

• Geotaxis

• hydrotaxis