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Plant Transport & Hormonal Control Part 2
Plant Transport & Hormonal Control OBSR Class 10 Part 2 (Plant Hormones)
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Biology
Undergraduate 2
12/18/2010

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Term
A __________ is a plant's response to an external stimulus by directional growth.
Can be controlled by light (__________), gravity (__________) or contact with a solid object (__________).
Definition
1) Tropism
2) Phototropism
3) Gravitrophism
4) Thigmotropism
Term
Is tropism under hormonal control?
Definition
1) Yes
Term
Can tropism be negative or positive?
Definition
1) Both
Term
Plant hormones work __________ (close to where they are produced).
They are generally produced in __________ amounts.
Definition
1) Locally
2) Minute
Term
Which experiment came to the conclusion that "some substance is transmitted from the upper part to the lower part of the plant which causes it to bend?"
Definition
1) Darwin's experiments of the 1870s
Term
Which experiment produced the conclusion that "auxin diffused from coleoptile tip, to agar, to decapitated coleoptile?"
Definition
1) Frits Went's experiments of the 1920s.
Term
Which hormone inhibits axillary buds of the apical meristem?
Definition
1) Auxin
Term
What is the most common and physiologically important auxin?
Definition
1) IAA
Term
Which hormone promotes flowering in long-day plants?
Definition
1) Gibberellins
Term
Which hormone promotes cell division (growth) and differentiation?
Definition
1) Cytokinins
Term
Which plant hormone delays senescence (the natural aging process)?
Definition
1) Cytokinins
Term
Which plant hormone promotes apical dominance?
Definition
1) Auxin
Term
Which plant hormone inhibits apical dominance?
Definition
1) Cytokinins
Term
A low ratio of __________ to __________ induces shoot formation.
Definition
1) Auxin
2) Cytokinin
Term
High ration of __________ to __________ induces root formation
Definition
1) Auxin
2) Cytokinin
Term
Which plant hormone ripens fruits?
Definition
1) Ethylene
Term
Which hormone promotes leaf abscission?
Definition
1) Ethylene
Term
Which plant hormone promote apical dominance and functions in wound response?
Definition
1) Ethylene
Term
Which plant hormone promotes seed dormancy and stomatal closure?
Definition
1) Abscisic acid
Term
__________ is a photoreceptor in photoperiodism.
It is a 5 __________-__________ pigment protein.
It detects __________ length.
Each has two forms: __________ and __________.
Definition
1) Phytochrome
2) Blue-green
3) Day
4) Pf
5) Pfr
Term
The __________ is the inactive form of the phytochrome and the __________ is the active form of the phyotcrome which is activated by __________ light.
Definition
1) Pf
2) Pfr
3) Red
Term
Red light which is __________nm causes the Pf to become active while red light that is __________nm causes it to become inactive.
Definition
1) 660
2) 730
Term
The __________ absorbs blue and ultraviolet-A light
Definition
1) Cryptochrome
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