Vibrations from an insect trapped inside a carnivorous sundew and thrashing around to escape stimulate the sundew's response. What happens next?
A) The sundew's leaves snap shut and their spiked edges mesh, trapping the insect.
B) Thigmotropism is activated, and it kills the insect.
C) The plant secretes a cocktail of digestive enzymes that rapidly breaks down the insect's body.
D) An electrical shock kills the insect.
C
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is
a. auxin. b. gibberellin. c. cytokinin. d. abscisic acid. e. ethylene
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A. the composite database of amino acid sequences B. the protein complex responsible for degrading ubiquitin labeled proteins C. which proteins are secreted from the cell D. all of the proteins that an organism produces
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A. energy-conservation, energy-investment, lysis B. lysis, energy-investment, energy-conservation C. energy-investment, lysis, energy-conservation D. lysis, energy-conservation, energy-investment E. energy-investment, energy-conservation, lysis