Plant Tropism

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What is Plant Tropism?

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Plant tropism is the growth response of a plant to environmental stimuli, such as light, gravity, and water.

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What is Positive Geotropism?

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Positive geotropism is the growth of plant parts, such as roots, towards the direction of gravity.

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What is Negative Geotropism?

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Negative geotropism is the growth of plant parts, such as stems, away from the direction of gravity.

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What is Phototropism?

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Phototropism is the growth response of a plant to light, where plants grow towards the light source.

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What is Hydrotropism?

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Hydrotropism is the growth response of a plant to water, where roots grow towards moisture.

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What is Thigmotropism?

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Thigmotropism is the growth response of a plant to touch or physical contact, often seen in climbing plants.

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What part of the plant shows positive geotropism?

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Roots show positive geotropism by growing towards gravity.

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What type of tropism do plants exhibit when they grow towards light?

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Plants exhibit phototropism when they grow towards light.

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What does it mean if a plant has negative gravitropism?

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It means the plant grows away from gravity.

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What type of tropism do plants exhibit in response to water?

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Plants exhibit hydrotropism in response to water.