Vocab (Reproduction of plants and animals)
The process in which an organism produces more of its own kind is called
What is reproduction?
Any factor in an ecosystem that influences living organisms.
What is environmental factor?
Plants can reproduce in various ways, but especially through the use of _______________, like brightly colored flowers or attractive scents.
What are specialized structures?
This is NOT an example of a plant structure that directly increases the odds of successful reproduction?
What are roots that go deep into the ground?
Growth of a plant towards or away from light
What is phototropism?
The process of fertilizing flowers by transferring pollen from the male to female parts
What is pollination?
Process of increasing in size and maturity
What is growth?
Animals have developed characteristic behaviors that help in ____________ the odds of being able to reproduce
What is increasing?
NOT an example of an animal behavior that directly increases the probability of successful reproduction
What is a bear hibernating through the winter?
Response of a plant to the force of gravity
What is gravitropism/geotropism?
Having characteristics that allow specific functions to be performed.
What is specialized?
The process of becoming better suited to its environment
What is adaptation?
Asexual reproductive cell seen in many fungi is a _______.
What is a spore?
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.
What is fertilizer can affect the growth of bean plants?
A plant's response to touch or contact.
What is thigmotropism?
Male reproductive cell
What is sperm?
A self-contained living thing
What is an organism?
When they survive, organisms are more likely to be able to reproduce and pass on their ________________________ to their offspring.
What is genetic information or DNA?
The Articum lappa plant produces prickly burrs that grow on the ends of the stems. These burrs can easily catch on the fur of animals. This plant structure most likely benefits the plant
What is it that helps the plant transport its seeds?
A plant's response to water.
What is hydrotropism?
Female reproductive cell
What is egg?
Any factor that is inherited from an offspring's parents.
What is genetic factor?
Seeds from several different plants are planted under identical conditions and found to grow at different rates. This is the best evidence that ___________ ________ influence the growth of plants.
What are genetic factors?
Best evidence that genetic factors influence the growth of plants
What are seeds from several different plants that are planted under identical conditions and found to grow at different rates?
(Can you figure this one out?) The growth of a pollen tube towards the ovule (flower ovary) guided by chemical signals.
What is chemotropism?