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☀️Plants Responce Flashcards

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1
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Stimulus

A

Anything that causes a reaction in an organism

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Responce

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The activity of a cell or organism as a result of a stimulus

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3
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Structures required for Responce

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Immune system
Method of movement
Nerve / sense organ system

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4
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External factors of plant Responce

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Light - energy - photosynthesis 
Day length 
Gravity
Temperature 
Reaction
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5
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Plants grow faster at

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A higher temperature

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6
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Temperature effects

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The rate of an enzyme

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7
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Gravity causes roots to

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Grow down into the soil and shoots upwards

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Internal factors

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Plants produce chemicals called growth regulators

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9
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Where are growth regulators produced

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In the meristem

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10
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Tropism

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The change in the growth of a plant in Responce to an external stimulus

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Positive tropism

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Occurs when the growth is towards a stimulus

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Negative tropism

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Occurs when the growth is away from the stimulus

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13
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Name the 4 types of tropisms

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Phototropism
Geotropism
Hydrotropism
Chemotropism

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14
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Photo tropism

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Change in growth of a plant in Responce to light

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Geotropsim

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Change in growth of a plant in respond to gravity

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Hydrotropism

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Change in growth of a plant in Responce to water

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Chemotropism

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Change in growth of a plant in Responce to chemicals

18
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Growth regulators

A

Chemicals that change the growth of a plant

19
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Growth promoters

A

Cause increased plant growth

20
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Name a growth promoter

A

Auxins

21
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Growth inhibitors

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Reduce or stop growth

22
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Name a growth inhibitor

A

Tehehe

23
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IAA

A

Indoleacetic acid

24
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IAA

A

The best known auxin

25
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Effects of auxins are to cause

A

Tropisms
Fruit formation
Root formation and growth

26
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Functions of auxins

A

Stimulating growth
Developing fruit
Causing phototropism

27
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Growth inhibitors include

A

Ethene
Abscisic acid
Cause plants to respond to harmful conditions
Cause stomata to close in dry conditions

28
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Ethene

A

Gas that ripens fruit

29
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Commercial growth regulators are used to

A

Ripen fruits

Stimulate root formation (rooting powders)

30
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Plant protection methods

A

Anatomical / structural (bark)

Chemical (stress proteins)

31
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Name a stress protein

A

Phytoalexins

32
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When do plants produce stress proteins

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When a plant is infected by a micro organism

33
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Name a way in which stress proteins act

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Damage microorganisms by attacking their cell wall

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