Question

A plant's photoperiod is the amount of time each day that the plant receives sunlight. A plant with a 12L:12D photoperiod receives 12 hours of light and 12 hours of dark per day. A researcher investigated whether photoperiod affects the development of flower buds in chrysanthemums, a type of flowering plant. She maintained three samples of chrysanthemums that did not initially have any flower buds under different photoperiods. After two weeks, the researcher recorded the presence or absence of flower buds in each sample. The researcher's results are shown in the table. Sample Photoperiod Results 1 13L:11D fully developed flower buds formed on all plants 2 14L:10D partly developed flower buds formed on some plants 3 15L:9D no buds formed on any plant Which statement is best supported by the researcher's findings?

Answer 1

Answer:

13L:11D

Explanation:

Based on the photoperiod there are two types of plants -  

a) Short day plant  

b) Long day plant

Here the term short and long day do not mean that the provided length of day are the critical length of day required for reproduction. But opposite to that it means that the length of the day required for reproduction must be  

a) Shorter than the defined length of day for short day plant  

b) And longer than the defined length of day for long day plant  

Chrysanthemums  is a short day plant and thus option 1 with 13L:11D will produce fully developed flower buds

Option A is correct 13L:11D