BICD 120 Fall 2007 TA: Abraham Tang

Section: Wednesday 6-6:50PM, York 3000A abraham.h.tang@gmail.com

OH: by appointment

Lecture 10 (Dr. Schmidt’s last lecture)

See Amanda’s Week 5 handout (it’s really awesome!)

Lecture 11 (Dr. Crawford’s 1st lecture)

1. What is the definition of hormones?

2. What kind of phototropism do plants have? Be able to draw and explain if

necessary.

3. Where is the sensing tissue? Be able to draw this tissue in detail.

4. What is the mechanism for phototropism? Be able to reproduce the experiment

done to show the mechanism for phototropism.

5. Describe the transport of auxin. What does it need to be transported?

6. What are the effects of auxin? Be able to list them out.

7. What is auxin’s role in lateral bud growth?

8. What is auxin’s role in the growth of new roots after having removed the old

roots from a plant?

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Psalm 103:15 (NKJV)
As for man, his days are like grass;
As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.