WONDER #1421: How Do Plants Know When To Flower?
Question 1 of 3
Proteins that are photoreceptors are activated by what?
- sunlight
- water
- sugar
- fat
Question 2 of 3
Russian scientists suspected that a mysterious substance called what stimulated flower buds to form?
- stimulen
- florigen
- flowerin
- budinen
Question 3 of 3
The suspected mystery chemical “florigen” may be a protein called what?
- Florigen
- Flowering Locus Z
- Flowering Lily G
- Flowering Locus T
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