Plant and animal responses

• Tropism : movement, turning
• Photo : light
• Geotropism : The growth of a plant towards gravity.
• Hydro : water
• Chemo : chemical
• Thigmo : touch
• Mneumonic for plant hormones:

  Alligators

  Slide

  Carefully

  Down

  Slippery

  Embankments
• Plant hormones terms:

  • Autumn : leaf loss
  • Summer : Seed germination
  • Closes : stomatal closure
  • Dominant : Growth of apical bud
  • Side shoots
  • Elongation : stem elongation
• Leaf loss:

  Stimulates : ethene

  Inhibits : auxins
• Seed germination:

  Stimulates: giberellins

  Inhibits: abscisic acid
• Stomatal closure:

  Stimulates: abscisic acid
• Growth of apical bud:

  Stimulates: auxins
• Sideshoots:

  Inhibits: auxins
• Elongation:

  Stimulates: giberellins