Question

Describe the various movements of plants giving suitable examples.

Answer 1

MOVEMENT NAME THE STIMULATOR.

TROPIC.
1)phototropic. light
2)geotropic. gravity
3)hydrotropic. water
4)heliotropic. sun

NASTIC
5)photonastic. light
6)nictinastic. light and heat
7)sysmonastic. touch
8)chemonastic. chemical(proteins)
9)thermonastic. heat
10)epinasty. (the leaves started curling due
to growth)
11)haptonasty. pain/pressure

TACTIC
12)phototactic. light
13)hydrotactic. water
14)rheotactic. sea current
15)chemotactic. chemical(carbohydrates)
16)galvanotactic. electric


EXAMPLES
1)any plant moves towards lights
2)any plant stretches it's root towards the earth
3)any plant moves towards the source of the water
4)any plant moves towards the sun
5) sunflower
6) tamarind leaf, jute leaf
7) mimosa pudica
8) nepenthes, sundew
9)tulip
10)banana leaf
11)mimosa pudica
12) chlamydomonas,volvox,dayatom
13)some green algies
14) special green algies
15)furn's sparm towards sucrose
16)some special algies in pond



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