how do plants move?

Answer 1

Plants have many kinds of tropisms (movements). One mentioned above is phototropism = movement caused by light.
Geotropism = movement caused by gravity (roots grow toward gravity source and stems grow away from gravity.
Hydrotropism = movement caused by water (in most plants roots grow toward water source).
Chemotropism = movement caused by chemicals (like growing toward a fertilizer source or growth caused by a chemical you put on the plant).

In most cases these movements are caused by one or more auxins, which are natural growth hormones in the plant.

Sudden movements, like in a Venus Fly Trap, is caused by a sudden change in water pressure in certain cells along which the movement occurs. This movement is not caused by hormones.

Answer 2

With their roots firmly stuck in the soil, plants may not have the ability to leg it like we do, but that doesn’t mean they can’t move! A seedling can make a right hand turn within hours, a tendril can curl around a stick in minutes, and a Venus fly trap can catch its lunch in under a second.

Plant movements can be permanent or reversible, but they always let plants do what all real estate tragics dream of: make the most of their location and aspect.

Plants may not have eyes or middle-ears, but they’ve got sensors that detect light and gravity, and you can really mess with the shape of a seedling by changing its position or lighting.

Answer 3

Seed dispersal naturally or through intervention - animals eating fruit and depositing seeds away from the original plant. Some plants send out runners - long stems that root establishing another plant at a distance from the parent plant (spider plants, strawberries). Rhisomes that creep underground and emerge away from the mother plant (cyperus papyrus and others.) Did that help?

Answer 4

they move to face the sun i dont know how i just know they do so if you want a straight plant not tree plant that is indoors in a pot rotate it every week or every other week

Answer 5

They always grow towards the sun light simple and was taught in the first grade.

Answer 6

haha very funny but i dont know either good question caught my eye :P

Answer 7

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