Biological Science

Chapter 35: Communication: Chemical Signals

Figure Review

This is an on-line version of the green Figure Review questions and exercises included with many of the figures in your textbook. Each question includes the figure number from the book to help you complete the requested task. Use this version to quickly and easily submit your work to your instructor or teaching assistant.

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Figure 35.5
Which side of the equilibrium is favored when auxin is in an acidic environment, where hydrogen ions are abundant? In acidic environments, will most of the auxin be in the uncharged form or the negatively charged form?  

To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

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Figure 35.6
Why did the researchers put the tetracycline promoter onto the recombinant gene? Why didn't they just add copies of the ABP1 locus with the promoter normally found near the gene?  

To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

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Figure 35.9
In your textbook, make a drawing like this one; in it, show how auxin could be transported up and away from root tips (as in Figure 35.8).  

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