Biology
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ISBN: 9780134813448
Author: Audesirk, Teresa, Gerald, Byers, Bruce E.
Publisher: Pearson,
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Chapter 46.2, Problem 4CYL
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The way in which plants sense and respond to light and darkness.
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Organisms detect light using photopigments, the proteins linked to pigment molecule that absorb a specific wavelength of light. This initiates the alteration in the chemical configuration that causes a response in the organism. These photopigments are present in the eyes of organisms, whereas the bodies of the plant contain phytochromes.
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Chapter 46 Solutions
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Ch. 46.1 - list six important types of plant hormones?Ch. 46.1 - Prob. 2CYLCh. 46.2 - Explain how the Darwin experiments using caps and...Ch. 46.2 - Prob. 1CTCh. 46.2 - Prob. 2TCCh. 46.2 - Prob. 3TCCh. 46.2 - Agricultural biotechnologists have developed...Ch. 46.2 - explain the roles of plant hormones in seed...Ch. 46.2 - Prob. 2CYLCh. 46.2 - Prob. 3CYL
Ch. 46.2 - Prob. 4CYLCh. 46.2 - Prob. 5CYLCh. 46.2 - Prob. 6CYLCh. 46.3 - Although insects are major plant predators,...Ch. 46.3 - Prob. 1HYEWCh. 46.3 - explain how plants that are attacked by predators...Ch. 46.3 - explain how plants that are attacked by predators...Ch. 46.3 - Prob. 3CYLCh. 46.3 - Prob. 4CYLCh. 46.3 - Prob. 1TCCh. 46 - Prob. 1MCCh. 46 - Prob. 2MCCh. 46 - Prob. 3MCCh. 46 - Prob. 4MCCh. 46 - Prob. 5MCCh. 46 - Prob. 1FIBCh. 46 - Prob. 2FIBCh. 46 - Prob. 3FIBCh. 46 - Prob. 4FIBCh. 46 - The hormone _________ causes stomata to close when...Ch. 46 - Compare phototropism and gravitropism in roots and...Ch. 46 - Prob. 2RQCh. 46 - What is a phytochrome? How do the two forms of...Ch. 46 - Which hormones cause fruit development? Which...Ch. 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....Ch. 46 - A student reporting on a project said that one of...Ch. 46 - Prob. 2AC
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