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How is the movement of leaves of a sensitive plant different from the movement of a shoot towards light?

ScienceClass 10CBSEAnswered 27 Mar 2026
Answer

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Movement of leaves of a sensitive plant

Movement of a shoot towards light

1

It does not depend on the direction of stimulus applied.

Depends on the direction of stimulus applied.

2

Nastic movement

Tropic movement

3

Touch is the stimulus

Light is the stimulus

4

Caused by the sudden loss of water from the swellings at the base of leaves

Caused by the unequal growth on the two sides of the shoot.

5

Not a growth movement

Growth movement

6

Occurs very fast

Occurs slowly

Science · Class 10