Plant growth bingo

Exercise and reference answers

Clues and terms

1. Clue

   Isolated by Went from oat coleoptile tips.

   Item

   Auxin

2. Clue

   Found through the foolish seedling disease of rice.

   Item

   Gibberellin

3. Clue

   Kinetin and zeatin, acting on cell division.

   Item

   Cytokinin

4. Clue

   The gaseous PGR made by ripening fruit.

   Item

   Ethylene

5. Clue

   The stress hormone that shuts stomata.

   Item

   Abscisic acid

6. Clue

   A coleoptile bending towards the light.

   Item

   Phototropism

7. Clue

   Flowering set by the length of day and night.

   Item

   Photoperiodism

8. Clue

   Flowering promoted by a spell of cold.

   Item

   Vernalisation

9. Clue

   Seeds refusing to sprout even in good conditions.

   Item

   Dormancy

Instructions

Read each clue and tap the term it describes.

Explanation