The term hormone comes from the Greek word meaning ____

a. to target
b. to synthesize
c. to excite
d. to inhibit
e. to multiply


ANSWER: c

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a. smaller than the sporophytes and do not nourish themselves b. smaller than the sporophytes but are free-living and nourish themselves for most of their lives c. usually larger than the sporophytes, and free-living d. usually larger than the sporophytes, and both nourish themselves e. roughly equal in size tosporophytes and both nourish themselves

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apparently in response to a buildup of ____ in the cytoplasm.

a. ethylene b. brassinosteroids c. oligosaccharins d. jasmonates e. salicylic acid

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What will be an ideal response?

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