Plant Hormones and Tropisms

Which plant hormone is a gas?

• auxin
• gibberellin
• ethylene
• cytokinin

What polysaccharide is the primary component of plant cell walls?

• Expansin
• Cellulose
• Glycogen
• Endosperm

Which hormone promotes seed germination?

• abscisic acid
• ethylene
• gibberellin
• auxin

Negative gravitropism is exhibited in ____, because there is more auxin on _____ side of a shoot.  

• shoots, shaded
• shoots, light
• roots, shaded
• roots, light

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

Response to light in which plant stems bend toward a light source

• gravitropism
• phototropism
• negative gravitropism
• negative phototropism

When the plant responds to gravtiy

• Phototropism
• Thigmotropism
• Gravitropism
• Hydrotropism

Hormone related to the growth of the plant in response to tropisms

• Auxin
• Cytokinins
• Ethene
• Absisic acid

When the plant grows toward the stimuli

• Positive
• Negative

Breaks seed dormancy and promotes growth (can make fruit bigger)

• Auxin
• Gibberellin
• Cytokinins
• Ethene

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

Helps fruit ripen

• Auxin
• Gibberellin
• Cytokinins
• Ethene