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Phototropism is the measure of growth when the sun is facing the plant to help it grow or survive. Photo means sunlight. There are chlorophylls in the leaves of the plants, which are small, microscopic sized green organisms. These chlorphylls collect the sunlight from the sun and transfers the light to glucose. Glucose is a thick sugary substance that the plant needs to feed on to survive. There are also other plants that don't have to depend on sunlight to survive, such as red algae. Red algae actually depends on eating smaller organisms when dwelling too deep in the sea to capture sunlight, but when near surface, it has the ability to transfer the sunlight to glucose. So red algae are both photosynthetic and autotrophic. Photosythetic means that a plant has the ability to absorb sunlight and transfer it to glucose. Autotrophic means that a plant has the ability to devour smaller organisms to survive. I hope this answers your question! :)
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 14y agoPhototropism is the measure of growth when the sun is facing the plant to help it grow or survive. Photo means sunlight. There are chlorophylls in the leaves of the plants, which are small, microscopic sized green organisms. These chlorphylls collect the sunlight from the sun and transfers the light to glucose. Glucose is a thick sugary substance that the plant needs to feed on to survive. There are also other plants that don't have to depend on sunlight to survive, such as red algae. Red algae actually depends on eating smaller organisms when dwelling too deep in the sea to capture sunlight, but when near surface, it has the ability to transfer the sunlight to glucose. So red algae are both photosynthetic and autotrophic. Photosythetic means that a plant has the ability to absorb sunlight and transfer it to glucose. Autotrophic means that a plant has the ability to devour smaller organisms to survive. I hope this answers your question! :)
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∙ 10y agoSince phototropism make the plant grow towards light, the leaves get better opportunity to get maximum sunlight for photosynthesis.
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∙ 12y agoFree energy!
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Phototropism has the effect of making the plant grow TOWARDS light- which it needs to grow and flourish.
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∙ 11y agothey make it grow naturally i hope this is useful to your question
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∙ 11y agoGeotropism is tendency to grow toward gravity. A plants roots have geotropism. Similarly, phototropism is tendency to grow toward light. A plants trunk and branches exhibit phototropism.
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∙ 14y agoThis is by photosynthesis
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What is plant growth response to environment?
phototropism
A plant growing toward a light is an example of?
umm im pretty sure its responce :) hop i helped A plant growing toward light is an example of positive phototropism.
A plant sits on a window sill over time the stems of the plant curve toward the light coming in the window this process is called?
This is due to tropic movement(tropism) in plants in which the fixed part of a plant(such as stem) moves in response to a stimulus.If the stimulus is light(as you have asked) then it is termed as Phototropism.And further more stem shows positive phototropism.
What is phototropism what does have to do with plants?
Tropism is the growth response of a plant caused by a stimulus. Gravitropism is the growth response of plant to gravity. The roots grow downward towards gravity, which is called positive gravitropism. The stem and upper part of a plant grow upward, away from gravity, which is called negative gravitropism.
What is a plant grows toward light is showing?
Phototropism
What benefit is there for a plant's shoots to have positive phototropism?
They get towards the light and do photosynthesis to make their own food.
Is phototropism a plant's response to light?
Yes, phtotropism is a plant's response to light. Growth towards a light source is called positive phototropism, while growth away from light is called negative phototropism.
What does a plant do to live?
photosynthesise and phototropism
What promotes plant growth and phototropism?
auxins
What examples of plants is phototropism?
The Sunflower plant inflorescence at the time of anthesis move toward the sun due to phototropism.
What do you call the movement of shoot towards light?
Phototropism is a plant's growth response to a light source, determining which direction it grows in. Positive Phototropism is the tendency for a plant to grow towards the light; Negative Phototropism is when it grows away from the light.
What controls geotropism and phototropism?
When the auxins in the plant act towards gravity... positive geotropism is wen the plant goes to the direction of gravity which would be downwards..negative geotropism would be upwards going against the natural gravity Phototropism is when the plant reacts towards the photosynthesis conditions where when light acts on the plant so the auxins burst and the plant bends towards light..this is positive phototropism...but when the plant goes against the direction of light it is then negative phototropism
Plant growing toward light is called?
Phototropism
A plant growing towards the sunlight is a type of what?
Phototropism
What is plant growth response to environment?
phototropism
Which of these terms can be defined as a plant's response to light?
phototropism
What is the role of phototropism?
The role of phototropism is to provide more energy for the plant. This gives it more energy because when photosynthis developes the light into energy, it actually needs light! Shocking. (Not really) So phototropism makes the plant lean twoard the sun.
