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Perennial Plant Response to Defoliation - An Overview: Overview and Objectives Walter Schacht Department of Agronomy and Horticulture at University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA Leah Sandall Department of Agronomy and Horticulture at University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA Walter Fick Department of Agronomy and Horticulture at Kansas State University, USA 2005 This scenario accompanies the online lesson, "Transpiration - Water Movement Through Plants", and is designed to allow you to apply the concepts learned in that lesson to a real-life problem. Lesson Navigation Tips: - To answer questions, select the button next to the correct answer and then select 'check it' to see if you are correct. - To review concepts from the Transpiration - Water Movement Through Plants lesson, click on the link below each question. - Click once on figures to see enlarged versions. This lesson will compare the growth of defoliated and non-defoliated perennial plants. The link between plant structure, growth, and response to defoliation is the emphasis of the lesson. Objectives Define the terms source, sink, photosynthesis, carbohydrate, apical meristem, lateral meristem, and residual leaf area Compare the differences in morphology (plant structure) and physiology (plant function) between a non-defoliated and defoliated plant Predict how a plant will respond to defoliation based on morphology, physiology, and the environment.