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You are out working in your garden, and you notice that one of your favorite flowering plants has black, dead spots on the leaves. You immediately suspect that the plant has been invaded by a pathogen and has initiated a(n) ________.


A) avirulence response
B) hypersensitive response
C) resistance response
D) virulence response

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Use the figure to answer the following question. Use the figure to answer the following question.   Suppose you laid a seedling on its side so that the root was parallel to the ground as shown in the figure. Several hours after the change in position, where in the root cells, position A, B, or C in the figure, would you find the amyloplasts? A)  A B)  B C)  C D)  A and C Suppose you laid a seedling on its side so that the root was parallel to the ground as shown in the figure. Several hours after the change in position, where in the root cells, position A, B, or C in the figure, would you find the amyloplasts?


A) A
B) B
C) C
D) A and C

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Auxins in plants are known to affect which of the following processes? I gravitropism of shoots II maintenance of seed dormancy III phototropism of shoots IV inhibition of lateral buds V apical dominance


A) only I and II
B) only I, III, and V
C) only I, III, IV, and V
D) only II, III, IV, and V

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Auxin enhances cell elongation in all of these ways except


A) increased uptake of solutes.
B) gene activation.
C) acid-induced denaturation of cell wall proteins.
D) cell wall loosening.

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How may a plant respond to severe heat stress?


A) by reorienting leaves to increase evaporative cooling
B) by creating air tubes for ventilation
C) by producing heat-shock proteins, which may protect the plant's proteins from denaturing
D) by increasing the proportion of unsaturated fatty acids in cell membranes, reducing their fluidity

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Which of the following mechanisms is in the correct sequence of steps (I-IV as listed below) that takes place during the formation of de-etiolation (greening) response proteins in plants? I Detection of light signal II Activation of phytochrome III Activation of specific protein kinase1 IV Formation of de-etiolation response protein


A) I, III, II, and IV
B) I, II, III, and IV
C) II, I, III, and IV
D) III, I, II, and IV

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B

Apical dominance in plants is under the control of ________.


A) sugar
B) various plant hormones
C) cell division
D) sugar and various plant hormones

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A population of plants experiences several years of severe drought. Much of the population dies due to lack of water, but a few individuals survive. You set out to discover the physiological basis for their adaptation to such an extreme environmental change. You hypothesize that the survivors have the ability to synthesize higher levels of ________ than their siblings do.


A) auxin
B) gibberellin
C) cytokinin
D) abscisic acid

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Shoots that grow vertically toward the sun can be characterized as ________.


A) positive for phototropism and negative for gravitropism
B) neutral for phototropism and positive for gravitropism
C) negative for phototropism and positive for gravitropism
D) positive for phototropism and neutral for gravitropism

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What are the primary sites of ethylene production in high concentrations in plants?


A) shoot apical meristem and young leaves
B) roots
C) seeds
D) ripening fruits

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Plants often use changes in day length (photoperiod) to trigger events such as dormancy and flowering. It is logical that plants have evolved this mechanism because photoperiod changes ________.


A) are more predictable than air temperature changes
B) predict moisture availability
C) are modified by soil temperature changes
D) can reset the biological clock

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Upon exposure to blue light, plants not only begin to grow toward the light, but move their chloroplasts to the sunny side of each cell. The adaptive advantage of moving chloroplasts to the sunny side of each cell ________.


A) maximizes light absorption by the chloroplasts for photosynthesis
B) increases production of phototropic hormones
C) maximizes heat absorption by the chloroplasts for cellular respiration
D) increases adenosine triphosphate (ATP) production during the light-independent reactions

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Generally, each hormone has multiple functions in plants depending on ________. I site of action II its concentration III developmental stage IV age


A) I, II, III, and IV
B) I, II, and III
C) I and II
D) II

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If a farmer wanted more loosely packed clusters of grapes, he would most likely spray the immature bunches with ________.


A) auxin
B) gibberellins
C) cytokinins
D) abscisic acid

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B

Which of the following conclusions is supported by the research of both Peter Boysen-Jensen and Charles and Francis Darwin on shoot responses to light?


A) When shoots are exposed to light, a chemical substance migrates toward the light.
B) A chemical substance involved in shoot bending is produced in shoot tips.
C) Once shoot tips have been cut, normal growth cannot be induced.
D) Light stimulates the synthesis of a plant hormone that responds to light.

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Vines in tropical rain forests must grow toward large trees before being able to grow toward the sun. To reach a large tree, the most useful kind of growth movement for a tropical vine presumably would be ________.


A) negative thigmotropism
B) negative phototropism
C) negative gravitropism
D) the opposite of circadian rhythms

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You have a small tree in your yard that is the height that you want it, but does not have as many branches as you want. How can you prune it to trigger it to increase the number of branches?


A) Cut off the leaves at the ends of several branches.
B) Cut off the tips of the main shoots.
C) Cut off lower branches.
D) Cut off the leaves at the base of most of the branches.

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Plant hormones ________.


A) in plant cells naturally exist in very large amounts
B) change their shape in response to stimulus
C) are unable to move from one cell to another
D) affect only cells with the appropriate receptor

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Which of the following statements best summarizes the acid growth hypothesis in an actively growing shoot?


A) Auxin stimulates proton pumps in the plasma membrane and tonoplast.
B) Auxin-activated proton pumps lower the pH of the cell wall, which breaks bonds and makes the walls more flexible.
C) Auxins and gibberellins together act as a lubricant to help stretch cellulose microfibrils.
D) Auxins activate aquaporins that increase turgor pressure in the cells.

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Which of the following can function in signal transduction in plants? I calcium ions II nonrandom mutations III receptor proteins IV autochrome V secondary messengers


A) only I, III, and IV
B) only I, II, and V
C) only I, III, and V
D) only II, III, and V

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C

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