Coordination and response

Tropisms in plants
 Starter :

Name these
meat eating plants and
their adaptations !!!
Plant Competitors !!! – what do they
compete for?
 Plant Competitors !!! – what do they
compete for?

Food, light, water

 • Plants produce hormones
and respond to external
stimuli, growing towards
sources of water and light,
which they need to
survive.
Plant • A tropism is a growth in
responses response to a stimulus
• Auxin is a plant hormone
produced in the stem tips
and roots, which controls
the direction of growth.
 Phytoestrogens
• What are they ?
• What do they do ?
 Definitions

1. Define geotropism

A response in which a plant grows towards or away

from the direction of gravity.

2. Define phototropism

A response in which a plant grows towards or away

from the direction from which light is coming.
 Match the correct scenario to the
tropism.

Roots Growing Downwards Positive

into Dark Soil Phototropism

Shoots Growing Upwards Negative

towards light. Geotropism

Shoots Growing Negative

Upwards Phototropism

Roots Growing Positive

Downwards. Geotropism
 Match the correct scenario to the
tropism.

Roots growing downwards Positive

with light Phototropism

Shoots growing upwards Negative

towards light Geotropism

Shoots growing Negative

upwards Phototropism

Roots growing Positive

downwards in the dark Geotropism
Experiments
 Auxins
How do auxins mediate plant tropism ?

Source : bitesize
• Root :
Light = less auxin = growth
Dark = more auxin = no growth

• Stem :
Light = less auxin = no growth
Dark = more auxin = growth
 Auxins

• Root :
Light = less auxin = growth
Dark = more auxin = no growth

• Stem :
Light = less auxin = no growth
Dark = more auxin = growth
 Using plant
hormones
Outline how plant
hormones are used as
weedkillers.

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