Which of the Following Is an Example of Behavior in Plants

question 15

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an example of behavior in plants?

• A) The trap of a Venus flytrap snaps shut in less than a second.
• B) Tobacco plants produce nicotine and shunt it to their leaves when neighboring sagebrush are attacked by herbivores.
• C) Plants release pheromones to attract natural enemies of the herbivores attacking them.
• D) all of the above
• E) Plants do not behave; seeing behavior in plants is anthropomorphic.

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Definitions:

Ribosomes

Cellular structures that synthesize proteins by translating mRNA into polypeptide chains.

Polypeptide

A linear organic polymer consisting of a large number of amino acid residues bonded together, forming part of (or the whole of) protein molecules.

mRNA

Messenger RNA, a type of RNA that carries genetic information from DNA to the ribosome, where it specifies the amino acid sequence of the protein products of gene expression.

Triphosphate Group

A triphosphate group consists of a molecule containing three phosphate groups, and it's most commonly associated with adenosine triphosphate (ATP), which is a primary energy carrier in cells.