Question

mimosa pudica plant functioning
for class 10th

Answer 1

Mimosa pudica is also called a sensitive plant. leaves of plant fold up when touched returning to full leaf in a few minutes.


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Answer 2

Answer:

• Mimosa pudica or touch me not plant have sensitive leaves which closes in response to touch or contract.

• Here, touch or contact acts as stimuli.

• This movement is independent of growth.

• Here, one side of a leaf with touched, the water at that side, comes to the other side, resulting in the closing of leaves.

• This is under nastic movements.

• Nastic movements directional movements which are not dependent on growth.

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• There are two types of movements in plant.

• One is is called as tropic movement and the other is nastic movement.

• Tropic movements are directional movements towards or away from the stimuli and it depends on growth.

• The types of tropic movements:-

1. Phototropism
2. Geotropism
3. Chemotropism
4. Hydrotropism
5. Thigmotropism

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