A Botanist Places an Agar Block Containing Auxin on the Cut

question 49

Multiple Choice

A botanist places an agar block containing auxin on the cut top surface of a sunflower seedling,positioning it off-center.If the auxin,as expected,diffuses into the stem as if it had come from the tip of the coleoptile,what is the botanist likely to find after a day has passed?

• A) The sunflower has grown straight up.
• B) The sunflower has grown and bent away from the side with the block.
• C) The sunflower has grown and bent toward the side with the block.
• D) The sunflower has failed to grow.
• E) The sunflower has died.

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