Module 12 Part 2

Question 1

A plant that loses its leaves for winter

Answer 1

Deciduous plant

Question 2

A plant’s response to a stimulus such that the direction of the response is preprogrammed and not dependent on the direction of the stimulus

Answer 2

Mastic movement

Question 3

An environmental change that triggers a response

Answer 3

Stimulus

Question 4

Spaces in the soil that determine how much water and air the soil can hold

Answer 4

Pore spaces

Question 5

A mixture of gravel, sand, silt, clay, and organic matter

Answer 5

Loam

Question 6

The process by which organic substances move through the phloem of a plant

Answer 6

Translocation

Question 7

Chemicals that circulate throughout multicellular organisms, regulating cellular processes by interacting with specifically targeted cells

Answer 7

Hormones

Question 8

A growth response to light

Answer 8

Phototropism

Question 9

A growth response to gravity

Answer 9

Gravitropism

Question 10

A growth response to touch

Answer 10

Thigmotropism