English National Curriculum - Science Science

7. Explore plant hormones

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Students will be able to define plant hormones and their functions

Students will be able to explain the role of auxins and gibberellins in plant growth and development

Students will be able to describe the effects of plant hormones on tropisms and growth responses

Students will be able to analyze how plant hormones are used in agriculture and horticulture

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gravity

The force that attracts a body towards the centre of the earth, or towards any other physical body having mass.

seedling

A young plant, especially one raised from seed and not from a cutting.

gibberellins

Any of a group of plant hormones that stimulate stem elongation, germination, and flowering.

shoots

In botany, they consist of stems including their appendages, the leaves and lateral buds, flowering stems and flower buds.

ethene

The systematic chemical name for ethylene.

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