kinesis notes Flashcards
1
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what is Orthokinesis
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an animal in response to a change in the intensity of an environmental factor, not its direction. in this case it is speed
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an increase of speed is
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positive Orthokinesis
3
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a decrese of speed is
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negitive orthokinesis
4
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Slaters clumping together in dry conditions is called
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hydrokinesis /negitive orthrokinesis
5
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Slaters moving away faster from higher light conditions is called
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photokinesis or orthokinesis
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what is klinokinesis
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This a movement response by an animal in response to a change in the intensity of an environmental factor, not its direction though The animal changing its rate of turning
7
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Mice increasing their number of random turns as the temperature increases is called
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thermokinesis or klinokinesis
