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Ch. 39 Vocabulary Pre-Quiz - Plant Responses to Internal and External Signals



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Ch. 39 Vocabulary - Plant REsponses to Internal and External Signals
a.
cytokinins
g.
statolith
b.
hypersensitive response
h.
cryptochrome
c.
circadian rhythm
i.
zeaxanthin
d.
thigmomorphogenesis
j.
gibberellins
e.
phototropism
k.
phytoalexin
f.
auxins
 

 1. 

a class of plant hormones, including indoleacetic acid, having a variety of effects, such as phototropic response through the stimulations of cell elongation, stimulation of secondary growth, and the development of leaf traces and fruit
 

 2. 

a physiological cycle of about 24 hours, present in all eukaryotic organisms, that persists even in the absence of external cues
 

 3. 

the name given to the unidentified blue-light photoreceptor
 

 4. 

a class of related plant hormones that retard aging and act in concert with auxins to stimulate cell division, influence the pathway of differentiation, and control apical dominance
 

 5. 

a class of related plant hormones that stimulate growth in the stem and leaves, trigger the germination of seeds and breaking bud dormancy, and stimulate fruit development with auxin
 

 6. 

a vigorous, localized defense response to a pathogen that is avirulent based on an R-Avr match
 

 7. 

growth of a plant shoot toward or away from light
 

 8. 

an antibiotic, produced by plants, that destroys microorganisms or inhibits their growth
 

 9. 

specialized plastids that help a plant distinguish up from down
 

 10. 

a response in plants to chronic mechanical stimulation, resulting from increased ethylene production; an example is thickening stems in response to strong winds
 

 11. 

the blue-light photoreceptor involved in stomatal opening
 



 
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