Answer: short-day plants.
- A short-day plants
- B long-day plants
- C day-neutral plants
- D aquatic plants
Correct answer: A. short-day plants
Explanation: Short-day plants flower when nights are long (days short).
Geometric growth (where both daughter cells keep dividing) produces this classic S-shaped curve: a slow lag phase, a rapid exponential phase, and a levelling-off stationary phase as nutrients or space become limiting - the same fundamental pattern seen in population growth.
Concept context
Phases of plant growth, the five classical plant hormones plus newer ones, photoperiodism, vernalization, and seed dormancy.