Wood lice are more active as they move from a dry area to a humid area. Which innate behavior are they displaying here?

a) taxis
b) migration
c) kinesis

please help me out on this:)

Question

Wood lice are more active as they move from a dry area to a humid area. Which innate behavior are they displaying here?

a) taxis
b) migration
c) kinesis

please help me out on this:)

wolfe8 · Answer

Hello and welcome to OpenStudy! First, what do the 3 choices mean?

anonymous · Answer

well taxis means oriented movement of a motile organism in response to an external stimulus, as toward or away from light. 

migration means movement from one part of something to another

and im not sure what kinesis really means?..

anonymous · Answer

I really need help I know its not migration:)

anonymous · Answer

its kinesis!:)

wolfe8 · Answer

Kinesis:  a movement or activity of a cell or an organism in response to a stimulus

So taxis is orientation based on stimuli, migration is movement, kinesis is bodily activity based on stimuli. 

Sorry I did not see that you have replied to this. I was helping someone else. Good job :)