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Test your knowledge of plant responses with this interactive iQuiz on various stimuli and tropisms in plants. Explore concepts like auxins, tropisms, and plant growth regulators in a fun and educational format.
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Any change in the environment (internal or external) that causes a cell or organism to respond is called a … Impetus Pollutant Variation Stimulus
The growth response of part of a plant to an external unidirectional stimulus is a … Tropism Stimulus Auxin IAA
A plant’s response to touch is known as … Hydrotropism Thigmotropism Phototropism Geotropism
The growth response of part of a plant away from an external unidirectional stimulus is a … Geotropism Negative tropism Positive tropism Hydrotropism
What part of the plant produces plant growth regulators? Petioles Axillary buds Apical bud Meristems
A plant stem will grow upwards in the dark. What type of tropism is this? Positive phototropism Negative phototropism Negative geotropism Positive geotropism
The growth response of a plant to light is called … Geotropism Phototropism Hydrotropism Chemotropism
A term for a chemical that is a plant growth regulator or a plant growth hormone (e.g. IAA), produced in the meristematic tissue of shoots, roots, young leaves and developing seeds. Auxin Hormone Gibberellin Cytokinin
Tendrils of the sweet pea plant wrap themselves around wire, stakes and itself. This is an example of … Reflex action Thigmotropism Habit Conditioning
Plant growth hormones, which increase the rate of cell division and inhibit aging of green tissues in plants are … Gibberellins Selective weed killers Cytokinins Coleoptiles
The response of roots to fertilisers in the soil is an example of … Thigmotropism Phototropism Geotropism Chemotropism
The suppression of the growth of the lateral buds by the terminal bud, thus allowing the stem to elongate is known as … Tropic response Abscission Apical dominance Negative tropism
A plant growth substance (auxin) that stimulates cell elongation is … Cytokinin IAA Ethene or ethylene Selective weed killer
A plant growth promoter which stimulates cell elongation and germination is a … Cytokinins Gibberellins Selective weed killer Coleoptiles
Name a plant growth substance used to promote ripening of some fruits, de-greens others and promotes abscission and inhibits longitudinal growth. Tropism IAA Selective weed killer Ethene or ethylene
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