CROSSWORD PUZZLE: PLANT PROCESSES

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Across
  1. 1. Is the growth and development of plants in response to light.
  2. 4. Greek word meaning “touch”.
  3. 8. Phospholipid-derived hormones that regulate plant development and responses to environmental stress.
  4. 9. Is the movement of a plant subjected to constant directional pressure.
  5. 12. Promotes or inhibits growth and senescence processes.
  6. 14. A touch response independent of the direction of stimulus.
  7. 16. Main hormones responsible for cell elongation.
  8. 18. Is produced to add stiffness to resist the wind’s force.
  9. 19. Work together with phototropins.
Down
  1. 2. Greek word emplying “direction”.
  2. 3. One example of thigmotropism.
  3. 4. Is a slow developmental change in the shape of a plant subjected to continuous mechanical stress.
  4. 5. Is a directional response that allows plants to grow towards light
  5. 6. Also known as statoliths.
  6. 7. Protein-based receptors responsible for mediating the phototropic response.
  7. 10. Ensures that roots grow into the soil and that shoots grow toward sunlight
  8. 11. Other term for negative phototropism, growth away from light.
  9. 13. Strain, Induces growth and differentiation to strengthen the tissues.
  10. 15. Region of tendrils which is very touch sensitive.
  11. 17. Is anything that can trigger a physical or behavioral change.