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a "tropism"; geotropism for response to gravity and phototropism for response to light

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Plants grows toward the source of light or sometimes away from it depending on the needs of the plant and its type. Plants also grow differently depending on the wavelength of the sunlight.

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phototropism or photosytheis

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Phototropism.

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a tropism

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The phototropic response to light occurs where?

does phototropism plants response to light


What is the response of plants to periods of light and dark?

photoperiodism


How do plants respond?

Response is a characteristic of all living organisms. One example of plants responding can be seen with their response to light- a plant will grow towards a light source.


What is the response of plants to periods of light and dark called?

It is called photoperiodism


A plant grows toward the light The plants action is an example of?

its an response :)


How does a plant respond to the sunlight outside?

A plants architecture determines the response to sunlight, but all plants require light to survive. Phototropism is the name assigned to the movement the makes to maximize its sun source.


Why do plants grow better under red light?

The photosynthesis pathway has phytochrome systems which response to red light.


What do tropisms demostrate about plants?

Tropisms are plant's response to a particular stimulas. Tropisms demostrate that plants can response to light, water, gravity and chemicals. We, humans know what we want and with our knowledge we seek for it. Unlike humans, plants doesn't know what they want and how to look for it. So plants response to stimulus in order to get what they want and to survive. Plants turn towards light in order to make food. Tropisms helps plants to survive as plants cannot move and has no knowledge.


What is the name of the reaction?

response to water: hydrotropism, response to light: phototropism, response to chemicals: chemotropism, response to gravity: geotropism, response to touch: thigmatropism


What do you call a plant response?

Phototropism, where the plant "turns" to arrange its leaves for better exposure to light. This process is regulated by growth regulators in the plant. Photo = light Tropism from the Greek "trope" or turning. See picture


What is response of photo tropism?

Light. Tropisms are growth responses to stimuli. Photo-tropism = light-growth


What causes plant stems to exhibit positive response to light?

the answer is day nuetral plants Edited answer: Due to phototropism