Question
Science Question on Animals – Nervous System
What is the difference between the manner in which movement takes place in a sensitive plant and the movement in our legs?
Answer
Movement in sensitive plants | Movement in our legs |
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1. | The movement that takes place in a sensitive plant such as Mimosa pudica occurs in response to touch (stimulus). |
2. | For this movement, the information is transmitted from cell to cell by electrochemical signals as plants do not have any specialized tissue for conduction of impulses. |
3. | For this movement to occur, the plant cells change shape by changing the amount of water in them. |