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(a) How does control and coordination take place in plants? How does it differ from that in animals?
(b) Name five stimuli which act on plants. Name the type of tropism produced by each one of these stimuli.
(c) Define hydrotropism. Give one example of hydrotropism. State whether this example is of positive hydrotropism or negative hydrotropism, illustrate your answer with the help of labelled diagram.

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LAKHMIR SINGH & MANJIT KAUR-CONTROL AND COORDINATION -Exercise
  1. (a) Define phototropism. Give one example of phototropism. (b) How d...

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  2. (a) Define geotropism. Give one example of geotropism. (b) What is m...

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  4. (a) What is meant by positive tropism and negative tropism? Explain wi...

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  5. Which of the following is not a plant hormone?

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  6. One of the following plant hormones is responsible for the phenomenon ...

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  7. The movement of a plant part in response to the force of attraction ex...

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  8. The movement of sunflower in accordance with the path of the sun is du...

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  9. The plant part which exhibits negative geotropism is:

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  10. A big tree falls in a forest but its roots are still in contact with t...

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  11. Which of the following is not caused by a growth movement?

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  12. The root of a plant is: (i) positively phototropic but negatively g...

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  13. The main function of the plant hormone called abscisic acid is to:

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  14. The growth of tendrils in pea plants is due to the:

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  15. Which of the following phytohormone is not associated with the promoti...

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  16. The plant hormone which triggers the fall of mature leaves and fruits ...

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  17. Which of the following terms denotes the movement of the root of a pla...

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  18. The growth of a pollen tube towards the ovule caused by a sugary subst...

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  19. The bending of the shoot of a plant in response to light is called:

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  20. The stimulus in the process of thigmotropism is:

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