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The Truth about Plant Hormones
Read each statement below. If the statement is true,
click on the T. If it’s false, click
on the F.
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Auxins and gibberellins
are examples of human hormones. |
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The five major groups
of plant hormones are auxins, gibberellins, cytokinins, abscicic acid,
and ethyl alcohol. |
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Plant hormones often
work together during plant growth, fruit and flower production, or
times of plant stress. |
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Auxin plays an important
role in phototropism because it produces cell growth on the shady
side of a plant. |
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Abscission is the strengthening
of the cells that attach leaves and fruits to the plant. |
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Ethylene speeds up the
process of fruit ripening and plant aging. |
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7. |
Understanding plant hormones
has no economic use or value. |
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