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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Tropism | plant's growth response toward or away from a stimulus |
| Hormone | chemical that effects how the plants grows and develops |
| Auxin | speeds up the rate at which a plant's cells grow |
| Photoperiodism | plant's response to seasonal changes in length of night and day |
| Short-day plants | a plant that flowers when the nights are longer than the plant's critical night length |
| Long-day plants | a plant that flowers when nights are shorter than critical length |
| Critical night length | number of hours of darkness that determines whether or not a plant will flower |
| Day-neutral plant | plant with a flowering cycle is not sensitive to periods of light and dark |
| Dormacy | period when an organism's growth or activity stops |
| Annual | flowering plant that complete a cycle within one growing season |
| Biennials | angiosperms that complete life cycle in two years |
| Perennials | flowering plants that live for more than two years |