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Question
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.
state two ways in which the above two processes differ.
Solution
The first process of folding up of leaf is thigmonastic and the stimulus is touch. The second process of closing of petals is photonastic and the stimulus is light.
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