Plant Responses
Stems of a plant growing upward in the direction of the sun is an example of which: a stimulus or a response?
A response
Plant cells have stiff outer coverings called walls. What type of shape do they have?
Rigid
What body structure does a dog use to run?
Legs
What do the leaves capture in order to make food?
Sunlight
A chimp learning to scoop up water using a coconut shell. Is this a learned or inherited behavior?
Learned behavior
A plant placed near a window bends its stem and leaves toward the window's light. What is this an example of?
Phototropism
Plants that LOSE their leaves in autumn are what type of plants?
Deciduous
A bird has wings to fly. What are their bodies covered with?
Feathers
What two things do the roots of a plant take in from the soil?
Water and nutrients
A bird flying south for the winter to find food and warmer weather. Is this an example of migration or hibernation?
Migration
There are sensitive plants that close their leaves when something touches them. What is the cause?
The touch.
Plants and organisms are made up of what?
Cells
Insects have two antennae on their heads that they use to smell and touch. How many jointed legs do they have?
6
What is the process called in which plants make food?
Photosynthesis
Musk oxen form a circle around their young to protect them from predators. Is this an example of an inherited or learned behavior?
What stimulus causes the stems of a plant that is near a window to bend?
Light or sunlight
What material gives an organism what it needs to grow and be healthy?
Nutrient
True or false: insects have tiny breathing holes on the sides of their bodies to take in water.
False: they take in oxygen.
What enters the leaf through tiny openings during photosynthesis?
Carbon dioxide
When a bee returns to a hive, it dances in a figure 8 to tell other bees where the food is. This is an example of a ______ behavior.
Feeding
What is a stimulus?
Something that causes an organism to respond or behave in a certain way.
True or false: sugar is food for a plant.
True
What supports and protects the body parts of an animal?
Skeleton
What moves out of the plant through openings in the leaves during photosynthesis?
Oxygen
When a mammal needs to feed its young, what do they give them?
Milk