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