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Gravitropism (also known as geotropism) is a turning or growth movement by a plant or fungus in response to gravity. It is a general feature of all higher and many lower plants as well as other organisms. Wikipedia

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The force which causes the roots of an emerging seedling to grow downward into the ground is gravity. This is called positive gravitropism or positive geotropism because the roots grow in the direction of gravitational pull.

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a. Gravitropism was a more powerful force than phototropism

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