Lab Exam 1 (Bio103)

Question 1

Kinesis

Answer 1

The movement of a cell or organism in response to a stimulus in which the rate of movement depends on the intensity (rather than the direction) of the stimulus

Question 2

Taxes

Answer 2

Is the movement of an organism in response to a stimulus such as light or the presence of food. Taxes are innate behavioral responses

Question 3

Reflexes

Answer 3

An action consisting of comparatively simple segments of behavior that usually occur as direct and immediate response to particular stimuli uniquely correlated with them. Reflexive action

Question 4

Fixed action pattern

Answer 4

Fixed action patterns consist of a series of actions triggered by a key stimulus. The pattern will go to completion even if the stimulus is removed.

Question 5

Phototaxis

Answer 5

The movement of a motile organism in response to light

Question 6

Chemotaxis

Answer 6

The movement of an organism or entity in response to a chemical stimulus like cheese

Question 7

Gravitaxis

Answer 7

A form of taxis characterized by the directional movement of an organism in response to gravity

Question 8

Rheotaxis

Answer 8

Movement of an organisms towards or away from a current of water.