Plant behavior: Naughty or nice?
Plant behavior: Naughty or nice?
Ch 13 Introduction
What component of smoke can be detected by dormant seeds? What advantage does this give the seeds?
Ch 13 Section 1
Find words for the stimuli that plants respond to. (7 hidden words)
Ch 13 section2
Match the hormone to one of its functions.
auxins
relieves pain in animals
a component of oils used in perfume
cytokinins
protect crops from heat, cold, salt and herbicide damage
gibberellins
applied to barley to stimulate germination for the production of malt
ethylene
abscisic acid
abbreviated ABA
systemin
induces the formation of roots
produced by wounded leaves and starts a plant's defense response
salicylic acid
stimulate cell division and used in plant tissue culture
jasmonic acid
brassinosteroids
ripens fruit
Ch 13 section 2
What class of plant hormones does 2,4-D belong to?
herbicides
auxins
cytokinins
gibberellins
Ch 13 section 3
What signal do short day plants flower in response to?
Ch 13 section 4
When plants respond to gravity, what organelles are involved?
Ch 13 section 5
What causes development of aerynchyma?
drought
heat
flooding
salt
Ch 13 section 6
Describe the hypersensitive response. How is it different from systemic acquired resistance?