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Chapter3
Lesson 5
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Tropism | Responsible plant towards or away from stimulus |
| Hormone | a chemical that affects how the plant grows |
| Critical nightly length | the amount of hours of darkness that determines if a plant will flower or not |
| Dormancy | the period when a organism stops growth or activity |
| Three stimuli that produce plant responses | touch gravity and light |
| Positive and negative tropism | if a plant grows toward the sun it is positive and vice versa |
| What triggers a plant to flower | the amount of dark a plant gets |
| why is dormancy important | it helps the plant survive the cold and lack of water |
| photoperiodism | the plants response to the change in the length of the night |