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Is a plant growing towards light a response or stimulus?
It is a response called phototropism, where the plant grows towards light as a result of the stimulus of light perception.
What is the scientific term associated with plant growth to or away from a stimulus?
The scientific term associated with plant growth towards or away from a stimulus is tropism. Tropisms can include phototropism (response to light), gravitropism (response to gravity), and thigmotropism (response to touch).
What is the stimulus to phototropism?
Phototropism reacts to stimuli when light hits the plant, it fills it with nutrients. But if there is too much sunlight, the water in the plat can evaporate, leaving the plant wilted. :) DIS IS FROM KID
Is tropism the movement of a plant towards or away from a stimulus?
Yes, that's correct. Tropism is the growth or turning movement of a plant in response to a stimulus such as light, gravity, or touch. Plants can exhibit positive tropism by growing towards a stimulus or negative tropism by growing away from a stimulus.
What is a plant's movement away from or toward a stimulus?
Tropism is the movement of a plant away from or toward a stimulus. The most easily found example of tropism is a plant's response to light. Plants tend to grow toward the light. This tendency is called 'phototropism'.
What is the tendency of a plant to grow toward a stimulus called?
The tendency of a plant to grow toward a stimulus is called positive tropism. This can be in response to light (phototropism), gravity (gravitropism), or touch (thigmotropism).
When a plant grows toward light is the suns light the stimulus?
Yes, the sun's light is the stimulus that causes a plant to grow towards it, a process known as phototropism. The plant's cells detect the direction of the light source and auxin hormones help to promote growth on the shaded side, causing the plant to bend towards the sunlight.
What is the word for a Plant that grows towards the light?
phototropic (details from another answer) movement of or growth of plant in response to external stimulus. e.g. growth of root towards gravity - geotropism growth of shoot towards the light - phototropism hydrotropism is exhibited by lengthening of roots towards water source and finally, thigmotropism is growth towards solid objects -support by climbers
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 the difference between Hydrotropism and phototropism?
Hydrotropism is a plant's growth reaction in which the path of growth is formed by a gradient or stimulus in water concentration. Phototropism commonly occurs in plants but can also take place in other beings like fungi.
What are the effects of the tropisms caused by light and gravity?
A tropism is a growth response whose direction is determined by the direction of the stimulus. Growth towards the stimulus is called a positive tropism. Growth away from the stimulus is called a negative tropism. The response to light is called phototropism. Shoots are positively phototropic, roots are negatively phototropic. The response to gravity is called gravitropism (or sometimes geotropism). Shoots are negatively gravitropic and roots are positively gravitropic. http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/T/Tropisms.html
What is it called when a plant grows toward light?
It is called "phototropism". It is caused by the destruction (by light) of chemicals (called Auxins), produced by the growing tip, that is responsible for making plants cells elongate. The side in shadow therefore elongates while the side in full Sun does not. This turns the plant growth towards the Sun.
