BISC208 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Statocyst, Amyloplast, Gravitropism

• School: University of Delaware
• Department: Biological Sciences
• Course: BISC208
• Professor: Allen Deborah

Document Summary

Study guide plant sensing and responding v2. Note crossed out modules, outcomes, and questions these won"t be on the exam. Text modules and sections covered on the exam. Plant signaling and defense: plant signal transduction pathways, plants can receive and respond to many signals. Characteristics and diversity of plant hormones: plant hormones and animal hormones share several characteristics, charles darwin and his son francis played an important role . , types of plant hormones, auxins (focus on this group of hormones only) Plants and light: roles of light in plant function, detecting and responding to light quality and quantity. Plant responses to non-light stimuli: plants sense and respond to environmental stimuli, plants respond to gravity. Explain what a meristem is and describe how it contributes to the growth of a plant. A meristem is a tissue in plants made of dividing cells. This is the part of the plant were the growth takes place by dividing the cells.