(a) What does a Mimosa pudica plant do in response to touch? What is this phenomenon known as?
(b) What happens to the dandelion flower (i) during daytime, and (ii) at night? What is this phenomenon known as?

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(a) Mimosa pudica folds its leaves and droops almost immediately in response to touch. This phenomenon is known as thigmonasty.
(b)
(i) A dandelion flower opens up during the day. (ii) It closes in the night.
This phenomenon is known as photonasty.

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