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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.
Sun Compass
Abscisic Acid
Homing
Submissive
2. Second in order of importance
Dominance
Beta
Circadian
Agonistic
3. When the amount of random turning is related to the intensity of a stimulus (unorientated response)
Klinokinesis
Polygamy
Nastic Responses
Hierarchy
4. Plant hormone that stimulates fruit ripening and leaf drop
Taxes
Critical Day Length
Mimicry
Ethylene
5. Having a daily cycle or occurring every day
Circannual
Nocturnal
Diurnal
Zeitgeber
6. Having only one spouse at a time
Hormones
Aggresive
Monogamy
Abscisic Acid
7. Working together between species or in a species
Circannual
Submissive
Aggresive
Cooperative Interactions
8. Derived or originating externally
Exogenous
Effectors
Agonistic
Diurnal
9. Plant that generally requires short nights-- less that 10-12 hours of darkness to begin the flowering process.
Gibberellins
Submissive
Long Day Plant
Dormancy
10. Of or relating to or occurring in the night
Klinotaxes
Phase Shift
Crepuscular
Nocturnal
11. The lobes of the brain that receive signals from the receptors in the eyes
Monogamy
Polygyny
Phytochrome
Optic Lobes
12. A polygamous mating system involving one male and many females
Stimulus
Pigment
Zeitgeber
Polygyny
13. Having from birth; occurring naturally rather than being learned
Crepuscular
Receptors
Migration
Innate
14. Willing to submit without resistance to authority
Pair Bonding
Submissive
Diapause
Beta
15. Derived or originating internally
Exogenous
Mimicry
Receptors
Endogenous
16. Prolonged relationship between male and female - associated with joint parental care
Geomagnetic Cues
Pair Bonding
Circannual
Optic Lobes
17. When an animal is active around sunrise and sunset.
Crepuscular
Receptors
Polygyny
Abscisic Acid
18. A polygamous mating system involving one female and many males
Gibberellins
Dormancy
Territory
Polyandry
19. The resemblance of an animal species to another species or to natural objects
Circannual
Polygamy
Taxes
Mimicry
20. When organisms orient themselves either towards or away from a stimulus
Biological Orientation
Alpha
Hibernation
Innate
21. Foe - opponent - adversary
Learned
Biological Orientation
Pineal
Antagonist
22. 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
Territory
Sun Compass
Mimicry
Kineses
23. Having more than one spouse at a time
Polygamy
Sexual Dimorphism
Aggresive
Taxes
24. 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
Mimicry
Short Day Plant
Phytochrome
Gibberellins
25. The environmental agent that resets the biological clock e.g: change in light - temperature
Agonistic
Klinotaxes
Diurnal
Zeitgeber
26. An innate mechanism in living organisms that controls the periodicity of many physiological functions
Ethylene
Pigment
Biological Clock
Stimulus
27. A special case of polymorphism based on the distinction between the secondary sex characteristics of males and females.
Klinokinesis
Endogenous
Optic Lobes
Sexual Dimorphism
28. Any area that an animal defends against other animals
Agonistic
Phase Shift
Long Day Plant
Territory
29. Period of time during which a plant embryo is alive but not growing
Territory
Submissive
Klinokinesis
Dormancy
30. Orienting or directing homeward or to a destination
Homing
Critical Day Length
Effectors
Receptors
31. Reversible growth or turgor movement in response to a non directional stimulus
Submissive
Stimulus
Exogenous
Nastic Responses
32. Movement of the whole organism towards or away from a stimulus coming from one direction
Taxes
Effectors
Diapause
Polygyny
33. 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
Nocturnal
Stimulus
Kineses
Courtship
34. 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
Ethylene
Short Day Plant
Octogram
Polygynandry
35. The periodic passage of groups of animals (especially birds or fishes) from one region to another for feeding or breeding
Mimicry
Biological Orientation
Cytokinins
Migration
36. When one organism has power over another
Dominance
Alpha
Polygyny
Gibberellins
37. First in order of importance
Pair Bonding
Circannual
Hierarchy
Alpha
38. Plant that generally requires long nights-- 12 or more hours of darkness to begin the flowering process.
Beta
Crepuscular
Short Day Plant
Octogram
39. Period of dormancy - usually seasonal - which growth and development cease and metabolism is greatly reduced
Effectors
Diapause
Sun Compass
Dominance
40. Of or relating to biological processes occurring at 24-hour intervals
Free Running Period
Circadian
Endogenous
Circannual
41. 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
Star Compass
Biological Orientation
Homing
42. A colored chemical compound that absorbs light - producing color
Pigment
Biological Clock
Endogenous
Phytochrome
43. Mating behaviour in which a number of males and females mates with each other.
Exogenous
Polygynandry
Nocturnal
Migration
44. A change in an organism's surroundings that causes the organism to react.
Diapause
Stimulus
Polyandry
Cooperative Interactions
45. The natural period of the rhythm if there are no external cues.
Nocturnal
Free Running Period
Dormancy
Agonistic
46. The period of daylight - specific for any given species - that triggers a long-day or a short-day response in organisms
Effectors
Aggresive
Long Day Plant
Critical Day Length
47. Behaviors that have been developed by experience rather than by having them from birth
Learned
Short Day Plant
Auxin
Submissive
48. Serves as a navigational cue. Many birds use star patterns and movement for navigation.
Zeitgeber
Critical Day Length
Nastic Responses
Star Compass
49. A single receptor is used to calculate the direction of a stimulus
Klinotaxes
Kineses
Learned
Receptors
50. Disposed to attack; militant; assertive; pushing
Aggresive
Antagonist
Phytochrome
Dominance