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Chapter 3 lesson 5
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Tropism | To respond of a plant towards or away from a stimulus |
| Hormone | A chemical that affects growth and development |
| Photoperiodism | A plant response to seasonal changes in length of night and day |
| Critical night length | This one, called the critical network is the number of hours of darkness that determines whether or not a plant with flower |
| Dormancy | A period of time when an organism growth of activity stops |
| List three stimuli that produce plant responses | Touch, gravity and light or three important stimuli that trigger growth responses, or Tropisms, in plants |
| Give an example of both positive and negative tropism you may draw too | if a plant goes toward the stimulus, it is said to show a positive trip. If a plant grows away from a stimulus, it shows negative.Tropism. |
| Describe what triggers a plant to flower | The amount of darkness, a plant receives determines the time of flowering in many plants |
| Why dormancy is important | Dormany helps plant survive freezing temperatures and lack of liquid water |