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Examine photograph k 1and K2 then answer the questions that follow.

Examine photograph k 1and K2 then answer the questions that follow.
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(a) Name the response that is exhibited by the seedlings.
(b) Explain how the response you have stated in (a) above occurs.
(c) What is the significance (survival value) of the response you have stated in (a) above.

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sharon
(a) Negative Geotropism;
(b) Due to gravity: auxins migrate to the lower side of the shoot; This causes a high auxin concentration on the lower side than on the upper side; The higher auxin concentration causes rapid cell multiplication and elongation on the lower side than on the upper side; causing upward curvature/growth;
(c) Enables the shoot to grow upwards so as to expose leaves to sunlight for photosynthesis;
sharon kalunda answered the question on September 16, 2019 at 14:24

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