It depends on the organism ... and how it's capable of responding.
After all, trees never run away, and animals seldom turn their faces toward the sun.
Sounds and smells are stimuli that can affect animals but not plants, as plants do not have auditory or olfactory senses like animals do. Additionally, visual cues such as movement and certain colors may also affect animals but not plants.
Plants do not have learned behaviors in the same way as animals do, as they lack a central nervous system. However, they can exhibit responses to their environment through mechanisms like tropisms, where they grow towards or away from stimuli such as light or gravity. These responses are a result of genetic programming rather than learned behavior.
Mimosa (makahiya) have thorns to warn the animals and people not to go near them. Plants responses are called 'tropism'. The bending of the plant towards the light is called 'phototropism'. Plants response to gravity is called 'gravitropism' or 'geotropism'. The plants response to touch is called 'thigmotropism'. the response to a source of water is called 'hydrotropism'. Plants respond to 'environmental stimuli'. Plants responses to stimuli enable them to survive. These are the protective structure of a Mimosa and other behavioral adaptation of Plants.
Plant movement occurs through various mechanisms such as growth movements (like heliotropism), turgor movements (like stomatal opening and closing), and growth responses to external stimuli (like thigmotropism). Plants do not have muscles like animals, so these movements are often driven by changes in cell turgor pressure, hormone responses, or growth patterns in response to environmental cues.
Stimuli itself is of two types - external stimuli and internal stimuli. External stimuli refers to touch, pressure, heat etc. Internal stimuli refers to the stimuli produced by body components - like hormones etc.
Animals respond more quickly to a stimulus as animals have a central nervous system and a brain. Nerves conduct impulses very quickly. Plants dont have nerves and any responses are produced by hormones and are thus slow.
Plants DO NOT respond to stimuli
Sounds and smells are stimuli that can affect animals but not plants, as plants do not have auditory or olfactory senses like animals do. Additionally, visual cues such as movement and certain colors may also affect animals but not plants.
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Plants do not have learned behaviors in the same way as animals do, as they lack a central nervous system. However, they can exhibit responses to their environment through mechanisms like tropisms, where they grow towards or away from stimuli such as light or gravity. These responses are a result of genetic programming rather than learned behavior.
Plants do not have instincts in the same way animals do, as they lack a nervous system and brain. However, they exhibit complex behaviors and responses to their environment, such as phototropism (growing towards light) and gravitropism (growing in response to gravity). These responses are driven by biochemical pathways and genetic programming, enabling plants to adapt and thrive in their surroundings. While not instincts, these behaviors demonstrate plants' ability to respond to stimuli.
Animals possess specialized structures such as muscles and nervous systems that enable movement and complex responses to stimuli, which are not found in plants. Additionally, animals have unique reproductive systems, including internal and external fertilization mechanisms, while plants primarily rely on methods such as pollination and seed dispersal. Furthermore, animals typically have a higher degree of mobility and sensory organs, allowing for interaction with their environment in ways that plants cannot.
Reactions to stimuli vary between animals and plants. The big difference is that animals are mobile while most plants are unable to move from their location. As stationary life forms, plants still grow in response to stimuli. They exhibit phototropism, geotropism, hydrotropism, thigmotropism, and response to the length of the day.
The responses of plants to external stimuli is called Tropism.Here are some tropisms:* Chemotropism, movement or growth in response to chemicals * Geotropism (or gravitropism), movement or growth in response to gravity * Heliotropism, movement or growth in response to sunlight * Hydrotropism, movement or growth in response to water * Phototropism, movement or growth in response to lights or colors of light * Thermotropism, movement or growth in response to temperature.
It is common in animals. Plants are not infected by the same things that animals are.
Plants respond to stimuli through growth movements. For example, phototropism is their response to light, causing them to grow towards it. Thigmotropism is their response to touch, triggering growth in response to physical contact. These responses help plants adapt and survive in their environment.
Yes, plants and animals share a common ancestor.