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Fill in the following blanks:
(a) A plant's response to light is called........
(b) A plant's response to gravity is called..... .
(c) Plant shoot grows upward in response to.......
(d) Plant roots grow downward in response to .......
(e) Tendrils wind around a support in response to ........
(f) Plant roots grow towards.... and in the direction of force of ........
(g) A root of a plant grows downward. This is knows as.........
(h) ......is the hormone that causes phototropism in plants
(i) The response of leaves to the sunlight is called ...............

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(a) phototropism (b) geotropism (c) sunlight (d) gravity (e) touch (f) water; gravity (g) positive geotropism (h) Auxin (i) phototropism
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LAKHMIR SINGH & MANJIT KAUR-CONTROL AND COORDINATION -Exercise
  1. Name the plant part: (a) which bends in the direction of gravity but...

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  2. To which directional stimuli do: (a) roots respond? (b) shoots re...

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  3. Fill in the following blanks: (a) A plant's response to light is cal...

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  4. Plant parts show two types of movements, one dependent on growth and t...

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  5. What is a plant hormone? Name four plant hormones. State one function ...

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  6. (a) What does a root do in response to gravity? What is the phenomenon...

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  7. (a) What does a stem (or shoot) do in response to gravity? What is thi...

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  8. (a) What does a Mimosa pudica plant do in response to touch? What is t...

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  9. (a) What does a plant root do in response to water? What is this pheno...

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  10. What is a tendril? Name the two types of tendrils. What does a tendri...

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  11. Name the five types of tropisms. How are tropic movements helpful to p...

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  12. Define chemotropism. Give one example of chemotropism. State whether t...

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  13. Distinguish between tropic movements and nastic movements in plants. G...

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  14. (a) What is meant by nastic movement in plants? Give one example of na...

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  15. A potted plant is kept horizontally for a considerable time. The three...

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  16. Name of the plant hormones which are responsible for the following eff...

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  17. Name the plant organs which are:

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  18. Why is the folding up of the leaves of a sensitive plant on touching w...

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  19. Why is the closing of a Dandelion flower at dusk (when it gets dark) n...

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  20. (a) What is meant by 'tropisms' (or tropic movements)? Explain with an...

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