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Chapter 3 plant
Lesson 5 4th
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Tropism | The response of a plant toward or away from a stimulus |
| Hormone | 1 A chemical that affect and development 2 The chemical product of an endocrine glade |
| Photoperiodism | A plant 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 growth or activity stops. |
| 3 stimuli that produce plant response | Touch, gravity, and light are three imported stimuli that trigger growths responses, or tropism, in plants. |
| What trigger a plant to flower | Thigmotropism is what trigger a plant |
| Why dormancy is important | Dormancy helps plant survive freezing temperature’s and the lack of liquid water. |
| Give example of both positive and negative tropism | A plant grow towards the stimulus it is said to show a positive tropism . If a plant grows away from a stimulus, it shows negative tropism |