Control and Coordination · Class 10 · CBSE Science
Plant movements caused by directional growth in response to external stimuli such as light or gravity are known as:
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easy · MCQ · Q-C03E88
Plant movements caused by directional growth in response to external stimuli such as light or gravity are known as:
- A.Nastic movements
- B.Tropic movementsCorrect answer
- C.Seismonastic movements
- D.Photonastic movements
Solution
Tropic movements (tropisms) are directional growth movements that occur in response to a directional stimulus, such as light (phototropism) or gravity (geotropism).
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