When the leaves of a sensitive plant are touched with a finger, they fold up and when light fades at dusk, the petals of a dandelion flower close.

(a)State one way in which the above two processes are similar.

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Both the processes are similar as the response is not determined by the direction of the stimulus. They are nastic movement.

The movement of a plant part in response to an external stimulus in which the direction of response is not determined by the direction of stimulus is called nastic movement.

Folding of the leaves of sensitive plant is thigmonasty and closing of petals of dandelion flower at dusk is photonasty.

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When the leaves of a sensitive plant are touched with a finger, they fold up and when the light fades at dusk, the petals of a dandelion flower close.

(a) State one way in which the above two processes are similar.

(b) State two ways in which the above two processes differ.

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(a) Name the phenomenon shown by the flowers of (i) plant A, and (ii) plant B.

(b) Name one flower each which behaves like the flower of (i) plant A, and (ii) plant B.

(d) Name a plant whose leaves behave like those of plant C.

(e) Which plant / plants exhibit the phenomenon based on growth movements?

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(b) thigmonasty
(c) photonasty
(d) thigmotropism

Q. When the leaves of a sensitive plant are touched with a finger, they fold up and when light fades at dusk, the petals of a dandelion flower close.
(a) State one way in which the above two processes are similar.
(b) State two ways in which the above two processes differ.

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When the leaves of a sensitive plant are touched with a finger, they fold up and when light fades at dusk, the petals of a dandelion flower close. (a)State one way in which the above two processes are similar.

When the leaves of a sensitive plant are touched with a finger, they fold up and when light fades at dusk, the petals of a dandelion flower close.

(a)State one way in which the above two processes are similar.