IVE - Plant Hormones Flashcards
Plants can detect sunlight…
in order to move towards the sun and maximise the amount of sunlight they’re getting.
Plants can also detect gravity…
in order to grow their roots and reach as much water as possible.
Plants can also detect touch…
in order to grow around something.
Plants do not have a nervous system and their endocrine system acts…
LOCALLY
___________ control growth and are produced at the _________ and ___________
Auxins/ tips/ roots
Where do auxins always accumalate?
on the shaded side of shoots/ on the underside of roots
Shoots are positively ____________ so they grow towards the ______
phototrophic/ light
Shoots are negatively __________ so they grow away from ________
geotrophic/ gravity or the ground
Roots are _________ phototrophic and __________ geotrophic
negatively/ positively
