Across
- 3. Detachment of leaves, flowers, and fruits
- 5. Growth towards source of light
- 8. Plant that lives for only two years (grows in first and flowers in 2nd)
- 11. Plant hormone that helps to ripen fruits
- 13. Synthetic compound that breaks down w/ ethylene to create ethylene gas
- 14. Growth in response to gravity
- 17. Movement in response to stimuli but independent of location
- 19. Movement in response to daily light/dark cycle
- 22. A specific requirement of darkness to flower
- 23. Plants that flower when days are long/nights are short
- 25. Used to promote root growth on stem/leaf cuttings
- 27. Plant response to touch
- 28. Rapid elongation of flowering stem
- 29. movement of leaves in response to sun movement
- 30. These are chemicals that are not classified as one of the other five that help to prevent plant growth
Down
- 1. Hormones involved in plant-cell elongation
- 2. A plant hormone that is used to inhibit other hormones such as IAA
- 4. Plant’s response to changes in length of day/night
- 6. Symbiotic relationship w/ plant roots & fungi
- 7. Plant hormones that encourages growth of stems/leaves
- 9. Mixture of 2,4-D and other auxin; used as defoliant in jungles of Vietnam
- 10. Low-temperature stimulation of flowering
- 12. Movement in response to plant touch but not in the direction of the touch
- 15. Chemical messengers affecting plants’ ability to respond
- 16. Plants that will flower regardless of length of time of day or night
- 18. Plants that Flower when days are short/nights are long
- 20. An auxin that influences seed development
- 21. Growth in response to chemicals
- 24. Bluish, light-sensitive pigment that monitors the changes in day length
- 26. Promote cell division in plants
- 31. Undesired plants that crowd out crop/native plants
- 32. Allergic reaction that results in sneezing, runny nose, watery eyes
- 33. Response where plant grows toward/away stimulus