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Ch.3 L5
Plant responses and growth
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Tropism | The response of a plant toward or away from a stimulus |
| Hormone | A chemical that effects growth and development |
| Photoperiodism | A plants response to seasonal changes in the length of night and day |
| Critical Night Length | The number of hours of darkness that determines wetherod not a plant will flower |
| Dormancy | A period of time when a organisms growth of activity stops |
| What are 3 stimuli that produce plant responses | Touch, gravity, and light |
| What is a example of a positive and negative tropism | If a plant grows towards the stimulus it is a positive tropism , if It grows away from the stimulus it is negative |
| What triggers a plant to flower | The amount of darkness a plant receives determines the time of flowering in many plants |