Vocabulary
Short Answer
Short Answer II
100
A self-contained living thing
Organism
100
Provide me one example of how genetic factors influence the growth of plants?
Size, growth rate, amount of seeds produced, etc.
100
Describe an example of how genetic factors influence the growth of dogs.
The genes of chihuahuas cause them to remain small. The genes of Dalmatians cause them to grow much larger.
200
Any factor, whether abiotic or biotic, that influences living organisms
Environmental Factor
200
Students planted 100 seeds in two different plots of land on the same day. Both plots of land measured 10 square meters. They recorded data for one year.
Based on the data in the table, the taller height of the population of plant number two is most likely the result of which of the following factors?
Genetic factors of the plants
200
Give an example of how genetic factors influence the growth of animals
Breeding dogs for size or looks
Cows milk production
300
Things that result from the specific alleles carried by an individual
Genetic Factors
300
Students treated a population of bean plants with fertilizer. They observed that these plants, on average, were taller than another population of the same kind of bean plants that were not treated with fertilizer. These observations support what claim about the use of the fertilizer?
Fertilizer can affect the growth of bean plants
300
How could the growth of plants growing near a factory be affected?
Pollution in the air
Dirty Water
Not enough sunlight
400
Process of increasing in size and maturity
Growth
400
Students planted several radish plants (Raphanus sativus) in their school garden. Students were allowed to take some of the plants home. One student observed that the plants grown at home were taller and had more leaves. She proposed the idea that genetic differences were responsible for the differences between the plants grown at school and the plants grown at home.
Is she correct or is there an argument that could be made?
The genetic material of all the plants would be the same
The change in environment is affecting the growth
400
Describe why a plants roots will grow down into the ground?
Gravitropism, nutrients in the soil, water
500
A process by which a population becomes better suited to its environment by increasing the frequencies of alleles that provide benefits to survival and reproduction
Adaptation
500
What affects the growth of adult plants?
Genetic Factors
Environmental Factors
500
Why could pesticides be considered both good and bad for plants?
Keep unwanted bugs, insects, animals away
Ensures proper growth
Can be toxic to eat
Gets into drinking water