BrainScapeDeck_BIO1022 Life on Earth_2_20191105_080106 Flashcards
What is:
Monocotyledons
Flowering plants the seeds of which typically contain only one embryonic leaf or cotyledon
What is:
Gravitropism
Differential growth in response to gravity
What is:
Altruism
Describes the situation whereby the helper suffers a loss of direct fitness (e.g. survival or reproduction) but with indirect fitness gains.
E.g. helping non-descendant kin to survive.
2 Examples
How do plants use hormones?
- Information from detectors is transferred through hormones
- Hormones can also be used for detection e.g. whether or not plant is being eaten by herbivore.
What is:
Proximate cause of behaviour
Address mechanisms underpinning the observed behaviour (What and How)
What are Growth promoters?
List 3
- Auxin
- Gibberellic acid
- Cytokinins
2 Examples
How do plants use pigments?
- Use pigments to collect light
- Can detect different kinds of light
What is:
Lateral meristem
Growing in Circumference
What is:
Adaption
Evolutionary response
What is:
Intercalary meristem
Is growth form the base and nodes (from Latin in the middle)
What is:
Plasticity
Change in real time
What is:
Reciprocity
Between group living animals unrelated individuals sometimes take turns helping each other out even when it comes at a short tem loss to the helper
What is:
Mutualism
Sometimes individuals co-operate if both benefit from the interaction, both parties get an immediate return.
What is:
Apical meristem
Is part of plant responsible for growth from tips (e.g. root tips and new leaves)
What is:
Ultimate cause of behaviour
Concerned with evolutionary relevance of the behaviour and why it’s favoured by natural sekectuib