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NCEA Level 3: Animal Plant Responses
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1. A hormone that promotes seed and bud germination - stem elongation - and leaf growth; stimulate flowering and development of fruit; affect root growth and differentiation
Gibberellins
Cytokinins
Octogram
Stimulus
2. Having from birth; occurring naturally rather than being learned
Star Compass
Innate
Short Day Plant
Biological Clock
3. Serves as a navigational cue. Many birds use star patterns and movement for navigation.
Circannual
Gibberellins
Star Compass
Migration
4. A change in an organism's surroundings that causes the organism to react.
Auxin
Stimulus
Biological Orientation
Ethylene
5. A group or system in which positions of power are ranked
Mimicry
Hierarchy
Phytochrome
Courtship
6. Having only one spouse at a time
Star Compass
Auxin
Monogamy
Long Day Plant
7. Derived or originating externally
Exogenous
Sexual Dimorphism
Learned
Alpha
8. When the amount of random turning is related to the intensity of a stimulus (unorientated response)
Polygyny
Klinokinesis
Cooperative Interactions
Taxes
9. Behaviors that have been developed by experience rather than by having them from birth
Short Day Plant
Learned
Exogenous
Critical Day Length
10. A special case of polymorphism based on the distinction between the secondary sex characteristics of males and females.
Crepuscular
Receptors
Short Day Plant
Sexual Dimorphism
11. Located in the brain; secretes hormone melatonin; in some species - it regulates the biological clock and biorhythms
Pineal
Circannual
Geomagnetic Cues
Monogamy
12. 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
Klinokinesis
Auxin
Nocturnal
Tropisms
13. Substance produced in the tip of a seedling that stimulates cell elongation
Nocturnal
Zeitgeber
Stimulus
Auxin
14. Disposed to attack; militant; assertive; pushing
Migration
Aggresive
Biological Clock
Geomagnetic Cues
15. Foe - opponent - adversary
Pair Bonding
Gibberellins
Octogram
Antagonist
16. Type of behavior in which an animal sends out stimuli—such as sounds - visual displays - or chemicals—in order to attract a member of the opposite sex
Courtship
Biological Orientation
Geomagnetic Cues
Critical Day Length
17. A single receptor is used to calculate the direction of a stimulus
Antagonist
Effectors
Stimulus
Klinotaxes
18. The process by which evolution selects for genes that cause individuals to provide benefits to their relatives
Pair Bonding
Submissive
Kin Selection
Long Day Plant
19. The environmental agent that resets the biological clock e.g: change in light - temperature
Circadian
Zeitgeber
Ethylene
Pineal
20. Plant hormone that stimulates fruit ripening and leaf drop
Dominance
Ethylene
Alpha
Diurnal
21. Willing to submit without resistance to authority
Territory
Polyandry
Phase Shift
Submissive
22. Period of dormancy - usually seasonal - which growth and development cease and metabolism is greatly reduced
Diapause
Endogenous
Aggresive
Receptors
23. Special structures that allow living organisms to sense the conditions of their internal or external environment
Receptors
Pigment
Cooperative Interactions
Kin Selection
24. A polygamous mating system involving one male and many females
Nastic Responses
Polygyny
Courtship
Pair Bonding
25. When organisms orient themselves either towards or away from a stimulus
Innate
Circannual
Biological Orientation
Abscisic Acid
26. 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.
Zeitgeber
Sun Compass
Kineses
Polygamy
27. Reversible growth or turgor movement in response to a non directional stimulus
Cytokinins
Nocturnal
Geomagnetic Cues
Nastic Responses
28. The period of daylight - specific for any given species - that triggers a long-day or a short-day response in organisms
Receptors
Sun Compass
Critical Day Length
Exogenous
29. Yearly activity period - approximately 360 days
Alpha
Free Running Period
Circannual
Antagonist
30. To change the start times of a rhythm - but not its period
Phase Shift
Ethylene
Polygyny
Diapause
31. Having more than one spouse at a time
Polygamy
Geomagnetic Cues
Innate
Polygyny
32. 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
Kineses
Circadian
Endogenous
Beta
33. An innate mechanism in living organisms that controls the periodicity of many physiological functions
Cytokinins
Biological Clock
Kineses
Exogenous
34. Plant that generally requires short nights-- less that 10-12 hours of darkness to begin the flowering process.
Long Day Plant
Antagonist
Polygamy
Effectors
35. Mating behaviour in which a number of males and females mates with each other.
Long Day Plant
Pigment
Polygynandry
Pineal
36. Of or relating to biological processes occurring at 24-hour intervals
Geomagnetic Cues
Effectors
Circadian
Monogamy
37. Working together between species or in a species
Innate
Mimicry
Dormancy
Cooperative Interactions
38. Cessation from or slowing of activity during the winter
Pigment
Taxes
Alpha
Hibernation
39. The lobes of the brain that receive signals from the receptors in the eyes
Polygynandry
Short Day Plant
Optic Lobes
Exogenous
40. Of or relating to or occurring in the night
Hierarchy
Nocturnal
Dominance
Antagonist
41. Aggressive or defensive social behavior (fighting - fleeing - submitting) between individuals of the same species
Monogamy
Effectors
Agonistic
Abscisic Acid
42. Having a daily cycle or occurring every day
Kineses
Diurnal
Dormancy
Dominance
43. A polygamous mating system involving one female and many males
Klinotaxes
Polyandry
Dormancy
Critical Day Length
44. 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
Short Day Plant
Octogram
Hormones
Ethylene
45. A plant hormone that brings about dormancy in buds - mantains dormancy in seeds - and brings about stomatal closing - among other effects.
Abscisic Acid
Zeitgeber
Hormones
Cytokinins
46. Derived or originating internally
Endogenous
Submissive
Hormones
Cytokinins
47. Chemical messengers that are manufactured by the endocrine glands - travel through the bloodstream - and affect other tissues
Long Day Plant
Territory
Hormones
Agonistic
48. When one organism has power over another
Polygynandry
Abscisic Acid
Nocturnal
Dominance
49. Plant that generally requires long nights-- 12 or more hours of darkness to begin the flowering process.
Short Day Plant
Pair Bonding
Gibberellins
Cooperative Interactions
50. The resemblance of an animal species to another species or to natural objects
Sun Compass
Polyandry
Geomagnetic Cues
Mimicry