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NCEA Level 3: Animal Plant Responses
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1. Working together between species or in a species
Innate
Cooperative Interactions
Star Compass
Mimicry
2. When the amount of random turning is related to the intensity of a stimulus (unorientated response)
Sun Compass
Pair Bonding
Cytokinins
Klinokinesis
3. A special case of polymorphism based on the distinction between the secondary sex characteristics of males and females.
Sexual Dimorphism
Long Day Plant
Star Compass
Kin Selection
4. Having only one spouse at a time
Monogamy
Polyandry
Klinotaxes
Gibberellins
5. A change in an organism's surroundings that causes the organism to react.
Stimulus
Dormancy
Octogram
Pineal
6. Plant hormone that stimulates fruit ripening and leaf drop
Kineses
Short Day Plant
Ethylene
Homing
7. Yearly activity period - approximately 360 days
Circannual
Sun Compass
Polyandry
Gibberellins
8. Mating behaviour in which a number of males and females mates with each other.
Polygynandry
Nocturnal
Tropisms
Hierarchy
9. Derived or originating externally
Optic Lobes
Beta
Crepuscular
Exogenous
10. The period of daylight - specific for any given species - that triggers a long-day or a short-day response in organisms
Beta
Critical Day Length
Alpha
Kineses
11. Of or relating to biological processes occurring at 24-hour intervals
Agonistic
Circadian
Crepuscular
Nocturnal
12. When an animal is active around sunrise and sunset.
Crepuscular
Antagonist
Beta
Diurnal
13. 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
Zeitgeber
Phytochrome
Alpha
14. To change the start times of a rhythm - but not its period
Phase Shift
Learned
Territory
Polygamy
15. When organisms orient themselves either towards or away from a stimulus
Aggresive
Antagonist
Biological Orientation
Courtship
16. Period of dormancy - usually seasonal - which growth and development cease and metabolism is greatly reduced
Kin Selection
Receptors
Diapause
Dominance
17. A polygamous mating system involving one female and many males
Gibberellins
Pineal
Polygyny
Polyandry
18. Behaviors that have been developed by experience rather than by having them from birth
Learned
Short Day Plant
Territory
Kineses
19. Foe - opponent - adversary
Antagonist
Nocturnal
Abscisic Acid
Gibberellins
20. Stimulates cell division and growth of lateral buds. Causes dormant seeds to sprout.
Biological Clock
Geomagnetic Cues
Cytokinins
Hormones
21. The natural period of the rhythm if there are no external cues.
Crepuscular
Klinotaxes
Free Running Period
Territory
22. A single receptor is used to calculate the direction of a stimulus
Short Day Plant
Klinotaxes
Optic Lobes
Biological Orientation
23. Substance produced in the tip of a seedling that stimulates cell elongation
Auxin
Exogenous
Circadian
Territory
24. Second in order of importance
Long Day Plant
Cooperative Interactions
Diurnal
Beta
25. When one organism has power over another
Hierarchy
Dominance
Innate
Abscisic Acid
26. The periodic passage of groups of animals (especially birds or fishes) from one region to another for feeding or breeding
Polygynandry
Innate
Pigment
Migration
27. The environmental agent that resets the biological clock e.g: change in light - temperature
Zeitgeber
Hormones
Antagonist
Sexual Dimorphism
28. Any area that an animal defends against other animals
Free Running Period
Tropisms
Dormancy
Territory
29. Cessation from or slowing of activity during the winter
Submissive
Biological Orientation
Hibernation
Sexual Dimorphism
30. The process by which evolution selects for genes that cause individuals to provide benefits to their relatives
Stimulus
Crepuscular
Kin Selection
Nocturnal
31. Reversible growth or turgor movement in response to a non directional stimulus
Nastic Responses
Polygamy
Gibberellins
Crepuscular
32. A group or system in which positions of power are ranked
Ethylene
Homing
Courtship
Hierarchy
33. Located in the brain; secretes hormone melatonin; in some species - it regulates the biological clock and biorhythms
Long Day Plant
Pineal
Optic Lobes
Klinotaxes
34. 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
Cytokinins
Phase Shift
Cooperative Interactions
35. 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
Gibberellins
Octogram
Taxes
Free Running Period
36. Serves as a navigational cue. Many birds use star patterns and movement for navigation.
Phase Shift
Hormones
Star Compass
Polygamy
37. Plant that generally requires long nights-- 12 or more hours of darkness to begin the flowering process.
Phase Shift
Short Day Plant
Polygynandry
Kin Selection
38. Derived or originating internally
Learned
Polygynandry
Endogenous
Submissive
39. Having a daily cycle or occurring every day
Diurnal
Alpha
Geomagnetic Cues
Migration
40. The lobes of the brain that receive signals from the receptors in the eyes
Optic Lobes
Long Day Plant
Endogenous
Cooperative Interactions
41. An innate mechanism in living organisms that controls the periodicity of many physiological functions
Phytochrome
Critical Day Length
Zeitgeber
Biological Clock
42. The resemblance of an animal species to another species or to natural objects
Mimicry
Beta
Alpha
Diapause
43. 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
Antagonist
Effectors
Long Day Plant
44. 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
Optic Lobes
Homing
Kineses
Courtship
45. Disposed to attack; militant; assertive; pushing
Aggresive
Critical Day Length
Circadian
Mimicry
46. Willing to submit without resistance to authority
Agonistic
Submissive
Geomagnetic Cues
Pigment
47. First in order of importance
Auxin
Alpha
Pair Bonding
Stimulus
48. Having from birth; occurring naturally rather than being learned
Innate
Agonistic
Cooperative Interactions
Circannual
49. A polygamous mating system involving one male and many females
Sexual Dimorphism
Optic Lobes
Polygyny
Long Day Plant
50. Aggressive or defensive social behavior (fighting - fleeing - submitting) between individuals of the same species
Optic Lobes
Short Day Plant
Kin Selection
Agonistic