2007-01-01 13:09:23 · 6 answers · asked by juan g 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Botany
"Stimulus" is often misused even by people who should know better. A stimulus is an agent that effects a physiological repsonse in an organism that is more than the energy in the stimulus itself: i.e., it causes the organism to release some of its own stored energy.
Since bacterial spores are dormant, they will not respond to stimuli (until hydrated). Wind, however, is a good vector for moving spores.
So, the answer is false.
2007-01-02 04:51:02 · answer #1 · answered by ivorytowerboy 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The breeze might bring a stimulus to a spore like water, but it itself is not a stimulus that a spore can react on.
2007-01-01 21:24:50 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
False.
2007-01-01 21:12:32 · answer #3 · answered by The answer guy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
false
2007-01-01 21:17:13 · answer #4 · answered by nevershoutbecky! 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
false
2007-01-01 21:13:31 · answer #5 · answered by jamaica 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"True"
2007-01-01 21:12:08 · answer #6 · answered by . 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋