plant hormones commercial uses

What happens when you place an over ripe banana in a fruit bowl with other fruit?

• Nothing will happen

• The other fruit will grow in size

• Ethylene gas will cause the fruit to grow mold

• Ethylene gas will cause the other fruit to ripen

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

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Examples of dwarf plants where gibberellins cause rapid growth are

• Grapes, Cabbage, Corn

• Deciduous trees

• Bananas, Avocado

• Watermelon, Rockmelon, Honeydew melon

In the story 'Jack and the beanstalk', Jack grew a beanstalk that grew way into the clouds. If I wanted to try and grow one myself, which plant hormone would I give my beanstalk?

• Cytokinesis

• Ethylene

• Auxins

• Gibberellins

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

This group of hormones is used to produce new plants from cuttings

• auxins

• giberellins

• cytokinins

• ethylene

Selective weedkillers cause which types of plant to grow too quickly?

• flowers

• cereals

• broad-leafed plants

• grasses

What does rooting hormone powder do?

• encourages growth of flowers

• encourages growth of stems

• inhibits growth of roots

• encourages growth of roots

How does ethylene work?

• causes changes in fruit texture

• causes changes in fruit colour

• causes enzymatic breakdown of cell walls

• all of the above

Breaks seed dormancy and promotes growth (can make fruit bigger)

• Auxin
• Gibberellin
• Cytokinins
• Ethene

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

Helps fruit ripen

• Auxin
• Gibberellin
• Cytokinins
• Ethene

When one shoot becomes the leader, or tallest stem.

• Allelopathy

• Gibberellins

• Auxins

• Apical Dominance