Chemical Coordination in plants

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What is a tropism
The growth response of a plant to a directional stimulus
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What is a positive tropism
Growth response is towards the direction of the stimulus.
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What is a negative tropism
Growth response is away from the direction of the stimulus
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What is a phototropism
Growth movement of a plant in response to a directional light stimulus
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What is a geotropism
Growth movement of a plant in response to the directional stimulus of gravity
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What is a coleoptile
A sheath protecting a young shoot tip in a grass or cereal
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What do auxins do
Control the growth of plants by promoting cell division and causing elongation in plant cells
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Chemical response in roots
Negative phototropism and positive geotropism. Auxins prevent growth
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Chemical response in shoots
Positive photoropism. Negative geotropism. Auxins promote growth
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