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    Tropisms are growth responses in plants, including phototropism which is the growth response to light and gravitropism which is the growth response to gravity. Auxins are plant hormones that control tropic responses by accumulating on the shaded side of a plant, causing it to bend towards light in a positive phototropic response. Experiments can test gravitropism, such as planting seeds upside down to observe the root curving around to grow downward in a negative gravitropic response while the shoot grows upward in a positive gravitropic response.

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    Tropisms are growth responses in plants, including phototropism which is the growth response to light and gravitropism which is the growth response to gravity. Auxins are plant hormones that control tropic responses by accumulating on the shaded side of a plant, causing it to bend towards light in a positive phototropic response. Experiments can test gravitropism, such as planting seeds upside down to observe the root curving around to grow downward in a negative gravitropic response while the shoot grows upward in a positive gravitropic response.

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    SCIENCE DEPARTMENT

    IGCSE COMBINED SCIENCE BIOLOGY


    UNIT 9: COORDINATION AND RESPONSE
    TOPIC 2: TROPIC RESPONSES

    COORDINATION AND RESPONSE


    TOPIC 2: TROPIC RESPONSES

    Tropism and Auxins:

    Tropism is ___________________________________________________________________________________
    _________________________________________________________.
    In plants, there are two main types of tropism:

    1. ____________________________ – growth in response to light

    2. ____________________________ – growth in response to gravity.

    Both types of tropism can be positive or negative. For example, plants show positive phototropism. This means
    that they are growing towards the light.

    Gravitropism can be seen clearly if a seed is planted the wrong way up. The figure
    shows a seed that was planted upside down. The root has curved all the way around
    the seed in order to grow downwards. This happened under the soil, so it is not a
    response to light; instead, it is a response to gravity.

    The root shows ___________________________________________ – it grows in the


    same direction as gravity’s pull.

    The shoot shows __________________________________________: it has grown


    upwards, in the opposite direction to gravity’s pull.

    The movement of plants in response to light and gravity is controlled by a plant hormone called _____________.
    Auxins are only found in plant tips (both shoot tips and root tips), where ________________________________.

    Auxins affect the growth of a shoot tip in response to light.

     If the Sun is directly overhead, auxins will be distributed evenly through the tip of the plant. As a result,
    the plant will grow straight up.
     If the Sun shines on one side of the plant, auxins will accumulate on the opposite side – the side that is
    further away from the Sun. The auxins cause the cells in the plant tip to elongate (grow longer). If the
    cells on one side of the plant are longer than the cells on the other side, the plant will bend. Because the
    cells are longer on the darker side of the shoot, the plant will bend towards the Sun.

    Investigations:
    YouTube “Geotropism test with Corn Plants”

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