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Title: F215 Plant Responses
Description: Simple but detailed notes, directly answering criteria on the specification for Plant Responses. Although, the OCR Biology spec has changed some topics may well be the same/similar. Please preview before purchase if interested.

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Tanisha Patel 

Plant Responses 
 
a) explain why plants need to respond to their environment in terms of the need to avoid 
predation and abiotic stress;  
 
● To cope with the changing conditions  
● Maximise photosynthesis 
● Avoid herbivory and grazing 
● Ensure germination in suitable conditions 
● To survive and reproduce 
 
b) define the term tropism;  
  
A directional growth response, in which the direction of the response is determined by the 
direction of the external stimulus, controlled by hormones called Plant Growth Regulators, 
produced by plant tissues
...
Presence of auxin promotes the active transport 
of H+ ions through the ATPase protein pump, into 
the cellulose cell wall
...
Decreasing the pH, allowing optimum conditions 
for the wall loosening enzymes (Expansins) to 
work
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Expansins break H+ bonds within the cellulose, so 
walls become less rigid and can expand as the 
cells vacuoles take in water, elongating the cell
...
Shoot bends towards light source, because auxin 
is transported to tip of shoot to cells in shade, 
allowing cells to take up more water and elongate
...
Because cells elongate more on shaded side than light side, the shoot bends towards 
light source
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Apical dominance ­ growing apical bud at shoot tip inhibits growth of lateral buds 
further down  
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4
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5
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6
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Further away from main shoot ­ lower concentration of auxin and can grow 
 
Gibberellins  
1
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Cytokinins stop leaves of dec
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Ensuring leaves are sink for phloem transport 
3
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Senescence cause auxin production at tip of leaf to drop 
5
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Causes increase in cellulase, digests walls of cells in abscission zone 
7
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● Synthetic auxins used as growth stimulants when root cuttings are taken  
● Synthetic auxin is used as selective weed killer  
● Form of abscisic acid (not readily broken down by plants) used as anti­transpirant as it 
closes stomata   




Title: F215 Plant Responses
Description: Simple but detailed notes, directly answering criteria on the specification for Plant Responses. Although, the OCR Biology spec has changed some topics may well be the same/similar. Please preview before purchase if interested.