Tropisms
Prefixes and Definitions
Positive or Negative
Plants Misc.
Misc.
100
This tropism is a response to the Earth.
What is Geotropism?
100
This Greek prefix means 'Earth'.
What is the prefix Geo-
100
The earth causes the roots of the plant to have this response.
What is positive geotropism?
100
This tropism is a response to touch.
What is thigmotropism?
100
This body system's function is to support and protect tissues and organs.
What is the skeletal system?
200
This tropism is a response to water.
What is hydrotropism?
200
This is the word for a plant's response to an external stimulus.
What is tropism?
200
The sun or presence of light makes the roots have this response.
What is negative phototropism?
200
These 2 things are the products of photosynthesis
What are oxygen and glucose?
200
This location is where digestion starts
What is the mouth?
300
This tropism means that a plant would grow towards a sunny window when left near it.
What is phototropism?
300
This prefix means water
What is the prefix hydro-
300
The earth causes the shoots of the plant to have this response.
What is negative geotropism?
300
These 2 things need to be present with sunlight for photosynthesis to occur.
What are water and carbon dioxide?
300
This cell organelle is compared to the digestive system as it takes nutrients to create energy for the cell.
What is the mitochondria?
400
This tropism is a plant's response to light.
What is phototropism?
400
This prefix means light
What is the prefix photo-
400
The sun or presence of light makes the shoots have this response.
What is positive phototropism?
400
This tube in the plant carries water from the roots up the plant.
What is the xylem?
400
These are the levels of organization from smallest to largest.
What are cells -> tissue -> organ -> organ system -> organism
500
What is geotropism?
500
This is the word for an action or condition that provokes a response
What is a stimulus?
500
The presence of water makes the roots have this response.
What is positive hydrotropism?
500
This is LOW when a plant starts to wilt and HIGH when a plant has plenty of water.
What is turgor pressure?
500
This tube in the plant carries sugars down from the leaves of the plant.
What is the phloem?