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NCEA Level 3: Animal Plant Responses
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1. A biological clock that enables a migrating bird or insect to fly using the sun and continuously adjust its angle to the sun while flying.
Klinotaxes
Sun Compass
Diapause
Critical Day Length
2. The natural period of the rhythm if there are no external cues.
Free Running Period
Taxes
Ethylene
Mimicry
3. When one organism has power over another
Submissive
Hormones
Dominance
Klinotaxes
4. A group or system in which positions of power are ranked
Homing
Mimicry
Circadian
Hierarchy
5. Serves as a navigational cue. Many birds use star patterns and movement for navigation.
Free Running Period
Aggresive
Star Compass
Critical Day Length
6. Second in order of importance
Polygynandry
Biological Orientation
Beta
Phase Shift
7. Plant that generally requires short nights-- less that 10-12 hours of darkness to begin the flowering process.
Long Day Plant
Antagonist
Short Day Plant
Nastic Responses
8. Working together between species or in a species
Pineal
Cooperative Interactions
Gibberellins
Optic Lobes
9. Orienting or directing homeward or to a destination
Diapause
Polygyny
Homing
Free Running Period
10. The periodic passage of groups of animals (especially birds or fishes) from one region to another for feeding or breeding
Migration
Exogenous
Gibberellins
Phytochrome
11. Plant hormone that stimulates fruit ripening and leaf drop
Ethylene
Effectors
Circadian
Klinotaxes
12. Having only one spouse at a time
Polygyny
Octogram
Nocturnal
Monogamy
13. The period of daylight - specific for any given species - that triggers a long-day or a short-day response in organisms
Star Compass
Critical Day Length
Klinotaxes
Taxes
14. Light receptor pigment in photoperiodism. Pr (red-light absorbing) vs Pfr (infrared light absorbing) In short-day plants - it stops flowering but in long-day plants it induces flowering
Crepuscular
Circadian
Free Running Period
Phytochrome
15. Mating behaviour in which a number of males and females mates with each other.
Abscisic Acid
Star Compass
Effectors
Polygynandry
16. The process by which evolution selects for genes that cause individuals to provide benefits to their relatives
Phase Shift
Biological Orientation
Kin Selection
Mimicry
17. Period of dormancy - usually seasonal - which growth and development cease and metabolism is greatly reduced
Cooperative Interactions
Diapause
Kineses
Sexual Dimorphism
18. Cause responses that alter conditions in the internal environment
Effectors
Kineses
Cytokinins
Taxes
19. Located in the brain; secretes hormone melatonin; in some species - it regulates the biological clock and biorhythms
Pineal
Kineses
Nastic Responses
Pair Bonding
20. An innate mechanism in living organisms that controls the periodicity of many physiological functions
Biological Clock
Circadian
Homing
Sun Compass
21. First in order of importance
Homing
Receptors
Alpha
Critical Day Length
22. When the amount of random turning is related to the intensity of a stimulus (unorientated response)
Klinokinesis
Circadian
Free Running Period
Stimulus
23. Movement of the whole organism towards or away from a stimulus coming from one direction
Aggresive
Taxes
Cooperative Interactions
Hibernation
24. A hormone that promotes seed and bud germination - stem elongation - and leaf growth; stimulate flowering and development of fruit; affect root growth and differentiation
Exogenous
Gibberellins
Taxes
Free Running Period
25. This is a non-directional response to a stimulus or a change in activity rate in response to a change in the intensity of the stimulus
Zeitgeber
Phase Shift
Kineses
Short Day Plant
26. Reversible growth or turgor movement in response to a non directional stimulus
Critical Day Length
Optic Lobes
Polyandry
Nastic Responses
27. Period of time during which a plant embryo is alive but not growing
Crepuscular
Gibberellins
Dormancy
Polygynandry
28. Chemical messengers that are manufactured by the endocrine glands - travel through the bloodstream - and affect other tissues
Hierarchy
Monogamy
Polygynandry
Hormones
29. A single receptor is used to calculate the direction of a stimulus
Exogenous
Nocturnal
Klinotaxes
Innate
30. Diagram showing the periods of activity and rest of an organism over a number of twenty four hour periods so that trends in activity can be identified
Beta
Sun Compass
Biological Orientation
Octogram
31. Behaviors that have been developed by experience rather than by having them from birth
Learned
Alpha
Abscisic Acid
Free Running Period
32. The lobes of the brain that receive signals from the receptors in the eyes
Polygyny
Endogenous
Critical Day Length
Optic Lobes
33. This is the growth towards or away from a stimulus coming from one direction. If the movement is towards the stimulus it is positive - if it is away from the stimulus it is negative
Tropisms
Diurnal
Dominance
Beta
34. To change the start times of a rhythm - but not its period
Hibernation
Critical Day Length
Phase Shift
Pigment
35. Stimulates cell division and growth of lateral buds. Causes dormant seeds to sprout.
Cytokinins
Monogamy
Dormancy
Klinokinesis
36. Willing to submit without resistance to authority
Learned
Kin Selection
Submissive
Octogram
37. Special structures that allow living organisms to sense the conditions of their internal or external environment
Dominance
Homing
Circannual
Receptors
38. Aggressive or defensive social behavior (fighting - fleeing - submitting) between individuals of the same species
Star Compass
Octogram
Agonistic
Klinokinesis
39. A cue using the earths magnetic field
Geomagnetic Cues
Receptors
Kin Selection
Taxes
40. Having a daily cycle or occurring every day
Phytochrome
Nastic Responses
Diurnal
Mimicry
41. The resemblance of an animal species to another species or to natural objects
Long Day Plant
Crepuscular
Mimicry
Pair Bonding
42. Having more than one spouse at a time
Circannual
Polygamy
Beta
Hibernation
43. A change in an organism's surroundings that causes the organism to react.
Exogenous
Kineses
Pigment
Stimulus
44. Of or relating to or occurring in the night
Nocturnal
Nastic Responses
Agonistic
Kineses
45. A polygamous mating system involving one male and many females
Polygyny
Biological Orientation
Short Day Plant
Biological Clock
46. A colored chemical compound that absorbs light - producing color
Phytochrome
Monogamy
Gibberellins
Pigment
47. Foe - opponent - adversary
Beta
Geomagnetic Cues
Short Day Plant
Antagonist
48. Substance produced in the tip of a seedling that stimulates cell elongation
Tropisms
Beta
Auxin
Circadian
49. A plant hormone that brings about dormancy in buds - mantains dormancy in seeds - and brings about stomatal closing - among other effects.
Abscisic Acid
Dormancy
Circannual
Polygynandry
50. A polygamous mating system involving one female and many males
Receptors
Polygynandry
Polyandry
Free Running Period