Question

Plants follow different pathways in response to environment or phases of life to form different kind of structures. This ability is called

Answer 1

The ability of a plant to modify itself in terms of its phenotype (have different types of structures) in response to various environmental stimuli or signals produced in different phases of life is known as plasticity
Example of plasticity includes heterophylly. It is defined as ability of a plant to produce different types of leaves during different phases of life or due to different environmental stimuli.