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Plant Responses/Grow
Ch.3 L5
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Tropism | The response of a plant toward or away from a stimulus |
| Hormone | A chemical that effects growth and developments |
| Photoperiodism | A plant'a response to seasonal changes in the length of night and day |
| Critical Night Length | The number of hours of darkness that determines whether or not a plant will flower |
| Dormancy | A period of time when an organism's growth or activity steps |
| What are 3 stimuli that produce plant responses? | Touch, gravity, and light |
| What are examples of positive and negative tropism? | Positve Tropism: When a plant grows toward stimuli; Negative Tropism: When a plant grows away from the stimuli |
| What triggers a plant to flower? | The amount of darkness it recieves |