Biology 9700 · AS & A Level · Control and coordination in plants

Control and coordination in plants — practice question

One example of chemical control and co-ordination in plants is the breakdown of stored food reserves during the germination of cereal grains such as wheat.
(a(i))[3]

Fig. 3.1 shows a wheat grain. The numbered arrows show the order of events after water is absorbed by the wheat grain. Identify structures A, B and C in Fig. 3.1.

(a(ii))[6]

Using the three numbered arrows in Fig. 3.1 as a guide, outline the sequence of events that occurs after the wheat grain takes up water.

(b(i))[2]

With Fig. 3.2 as the reference, calculate the overall rate at which mean cell length increases over the period shown.

(b(ii))[2]

After auxin was applied, the pH of the cell walls fell. Outline the events responsible for this decrease in pH.

(b(iii))[3]

Explain why the cells lengthen after the pH of the cell walls falls.

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