Velvet Leaves
does ne body know the answers 2 these question cuz my mom is in the hospital and i didnt get a chance to do it
1.Describe the growth of stems in the dark. What happens to this growth when dark-grown plants are placed in the light?
2.How might the rapid growth, seen in seedlings grown in the dark, be beneficial to plants?
3.How do plants grow when light comes from one side only? Why might plants respond to light in this way?
“What time is it?” (Circadian Responses: bean leaf, oxalis leaf, velvet leaf)
4.Describe what happens to the leaves at night.
5.Describe what happens to the leaves during the day.
6.What controls the change in leaves from night to day?
“Good vibrations!” (Nastic Movements:Young Arabidopsis nutation, Older Arabidopsis nutation, Sunflower nutation)
7.What is meant by the term nutation?
8.How might nutation be beneficial to plants?
“This end up?” (Tropism: Arabidopsis shoot gravitropism, Corn root gravitropism, Coleus shoot gravitropism, Sunflower gravitropism)
9.What happens to the stems of plants placed on their sides?
Don’t know them all but heres a few.
3. The plants still grow as there is enough light even if only coming from one side, the plant will respond to this by growing in the direction of the light/ leaning towards the light.
9. The stems of a plant laid on their sides will still grow, they will still make their way up and straighten themselfs up. (there is a special term for this but i have forgot it sorry.
Hope these 2 answers help you out.
Leaves Eyes – Velvet Heart
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