Biology: Life on Earth with Physiology (11th Edition)
11th Edition
ISBN: 9780133923001
Author: Gerald Audesirk, Teresa Audesirk, Bruce E. Byers
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 46, Problem 8RQ
Describe how a sensitive plant closes its leaves. Why might this behavior have evolved?
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Biology: Life on Earth with Physiology (11th Edition)
Ch. 46.1 - list six important types of plant hormones?Ch. 46.1 - Prob. 2CYLCh. 46.2 - Prob. 1CTCh. 46.2 - explain the roles of plant hormones in seed...Ch. 46.2 - Explain how the Darwin experiments using caps and...Ch. 46.2 - Prob. 2CYLCh. 46.2 - Prob. 2TCCh. 46.2 - Prob. 3CYLCh. 46.2 - Prob. 3TCCh. 46.2 - Prob. 4CYL
Ch. 46.2 - Agricultural biotechnologists have developed...Ch. 46.2 - Prob. 5CYLCh. 46.2 - Prob. 6CYLCh. 46.3 - Although insects are major plant predators,...Ch. 46.3 - Prob. 1CYLCh. 46.3 - Prob. 1HYEWCh. 46.3 - Prob. 1TCCh. 46.3 - Prob. 2CYLCh. 46 - A student reporting on a project said that one of...Ch. 46 - Prob. 1FIBCh. 46 - Prob. 1MCCh. 46 - Compare phototropism and gravitropism in roots and...Ch. 46 - Prob. 2ACCh. 46 - Prob. 2FIBCh. 46 - Prob. 2MCCh. 46 - Prob. 2RQCh. 46 - Prob. 3FIBCh. 46 - Prob. 3MCCh. 46 - What is a phytochrome? How do the two forms of...Ch. 46 - Prob. 4FIBCh. 46 - Prob. 4MCCh. 46 - Which hormones cause fruit development? Which...Ch. 46 - The hormone _________ causes stomata to close when...Ch. 46 - Prob. 5MCCh. 46 - What is senescence? Describe some changes that...Ch. 46 - Prob. 6RQCh. 46 - Describe one example of a plant chemical defense...Ch. 46 - Describe how a sensitive plant closes its leaves....
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