Hormones in Plants Independent Research Task

You need to find as much as you can about how plants use hormones to grow towards the light,
and how they know which way is up and down.

Sources of Information:
The textbook pages 56 & 57
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/science/aqa/nervesandhormones/controlinplantsrev
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What is the name of the process whereby plants grow towards the light?


What is the name of the plant hormone which controls this process?


Does this hormone make the shoots of a plant grow more or less?


Use your above answer to explain why the shoot will then bend towards the light.






If you cover the plants tips, does the same thing happen, and why?




Does this same effect happen in the roots, and why?





What is the name of the process whereby roots bend towards the direction of the force of
gravity?


What is the name of the plant hormone that controls this process?



Does this hormone make the roots of the plant grow more or less?



Use your above answer to explain why the shoot will bend towards the direction of the force
of gravity






Name two commercial applications of plant hormones
1.








2.