Give the scientific terms used to represent the following:

(a) Bending of a shoot towards light.


(b) Growing of roots towards the earth.


(c) Growth of a pollen tube towards ovule.


(d) Bending of roots towards water.


(e) Winding of tendril around a support.

(a) The process of bending of a shoot towards light is known as phototropism.

(b) The process of growing of roots towards the earth is known as geotropism.


(c) The process of growth of a pollen tube towards ovule is known as chemotropism.


(d) The process of bending of roots towards water is known as hydrotropism.


(e) The process of winding of tendril around a support is known as thigmotropism.


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