AP Daily Video 5.5 Environmental Effects on Phenotype
1. What is phenotypic plasticity? What causes this?
Phenotypic plasticity is the ability of one genotype to produce more than one phenotype
and it is caused by environmental factors.
2. What causes some hydrangeas to be pink but others blue?
The differences in soil is what causes some hydrangeas to be pink but others blue. The
basic soil yields pink flowers while acidic soil yields blue.
3. Why do the number of stomates on leaves vary?
It varies on atmosphere and conditions
4. In phenotypic plasticity the ____rate of stomatal production_______ are not changing,
but the _________stomach density________________ is changing.
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