Plant Responses and Growth

Science class 7th grade Ms. Artigas

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plants growth response toward or away from a stimulus is called a tropism. ` Touch, light, and gravity are three important stimuli to which plants show growth responses, or tropisms. ` One important plant hormone is named auxin this speeds up the rate at which a plants cells grow.

responses to seasonal change include photoperiodism and dormancy. ` Photoperiodism is a plants response to seasonal changes in length of night and day. ` Dormancy is a period when an organisms growth or activity stops. Dormancy helps plants survive freezing temperatures and the lack of liquid water.
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Dormancy

` Angiosperms

are classified as annuals, biennials, or perennials based on the length of their life cycles. ` Flowering plants that flower and die in the same year are called annuals. ` Biennials complete their life cycle in two years. ` Flowering plants that live for more than two years are called perennials

Annuals
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marigolds and petunias

Biennials
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Parsley and celery

Perennials
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Maple trees and peonies