Biology 0610 · IGCSE · Tropic responses

Tropic responses — practice question

Fig. 2.1 is a flow chart showing the sequence of events that happens as light passes through the eye.
(a(i))[1]

State the tissue name of X.

(a(ii))[1]

State the name of the nerve that carries impulses from the eye to the brain.

(a(iii))[1]

State what occurs to rays of light as they enter the cornea and the lens.

(a(iv))[2]

Describe the function played by rod cells.

(b(i))[1]

State the stimulus that caused the plant’s response.

(b(ii))[2]

Name the growth response exhibited by the plant.

(b(iii))[2]

Explain the benefit to plants of the growth response shown in Fig. 2.2.

(b(iv))[4]

Explain how auxins control the growth response shown by A. thaliana in Fig. 2.2.

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