Tuesday, March 29, 2011

2.79 Plants and Stimuli


+ Stimuli are changed in the environment by for example: Gravity, Light Chances or Temperature
+The plant has Receptors which can detect the stimuli
+ This is then turned it into a Response,
+ Which is taken the form of Growth (Tropism)
+Tropism (light) called Phototropism.
+Tropism (gravity) is called Geotropism
+ Tropisms might include mitosis and cell elongation.

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