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Response to Change. Stimulus. A change in an organism’s surroundings that causes the organism to react. 2 Types of Stimulus. External Stimulus Stimulus occurring on the outside Example: sun causes you to squint your eyes. Internal Stimulus Stimulus occurring on the inside
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Stimulus • A change in an organism’s surroundings that causes the organism to react.
2 Types of Stimulus • External Stimulus • Stimulus occurring on the outside • Example: sun causes you to squint your eyes • Internal Stimulus • Stimulus occurring on the inside • Example: you get goose bumps because you are cold
Response • a reaction to a stimulus
Tropism • A plant’s response to a stimulus Three types of Tropisms are: • Geotropism • Phototropism • Thigmotropism
Geotropism • the way a plant grows or bend in response to the Earth (or gravity).
Phototropism • the way a plant grows or bend in response to light.
Thigmotropism • the way a plant grows or bend in response to touch
Hydrotropism • A plant’s response to water
Responses can be positive or negative. A Positive response is when the plant moves toward the stimulus A Negative response is when a plant moves away from the stimulus
Examples of a positive response • Roots respond positively to gravity by growing down into the soil • Trunk and branches respond positively to light by growing toward the light
Example of a negative response: • Trunk and branches respond negatively to gravity by growing up toward the sky
Turgor Pressure • The pressure of the cell contents against the cell wall • A force is exerted on the cell wall that keeps the plant rigid
Examples No Turgor Pressure Turgor Pressure