Plants Responses Crossword Puzzle
Across
- 3. - Greek word meaning "to grow," from which "auxin" is derived.
- 4. - Growth of a plant towards a light source.
- 6. - The process by which plants maximize their use of light, as mentioned in the context of photomorphogenesis.
- 10. - Type of movement in response to touch that is independent of the direction of stimulus.
- 12. - Threadlike leafless organ of climbing plants.
- 13. - Specific light spectrum that induces phototropism.
- 16. - Growth and development of plants in response to light.
- 17. - Movement of a plant in response to touch.
- 19. - Molecules that work together with phototropins to mediate the phototropic response.
- 20. - Growth of a plant in response to gravity.
Down
- 1. - Growth of a plant away from light.
- 2. - The process of receiving or giving systematic instruction, especially at a school or university.
- 5. - Slow developmental change in the shape of a plant due to continuous mechanical stress.
- 7. - Hormones responsible for cell elongation in phototropism and gravitropism.
- 8. - Specialized plastids that contain starch granules.
- 9. - A hormone thought to be involved in thigmomorphogenesis.
- 11. - Another term for geotropism, the growth response to gravity.
- 14. - Directional growth of a plant in response to light.
- 15. - Protein-based receptors mediating phototropic response.
- 18. - Another name for amyloplasts, indicating their role in sensing gravity.