What is an example of rapid plant movement?
Q: What is an example of rapid plant movement?
A: An example of rapid plant movement is the Venus Flytrap, which closes its trap in about 100 milliseconds.
Q: What type of plants have a rapid response to insects?
A: Carnivorous plants such as bladderworts have a rapid response to insects.
Q: What is the record for the fastest motion yet observed in biology?
A: The record for the fastest motion yet observed in biology is held by the White Mulberry tree, Morus alba, whose pollen is launched at over half the speed of sound and released stored elastic energy in just 25 µs.
Q: What does Impatiens get its common name from?
A: Impatiens gets its common name, "touch-me-not", from its seed capsules which "explode" when touched, shooting seeds several metres away.
Q: How do Mimosa pudica's leaflets move?
A: Mimosa pudica's leaflets close in a graceful sequence.
Q: Who published a work on plant movements before his death?
A: Charles Darwin published his last work before his death titled The Power of Movement in Plants in 1880.
Q: What are tropisms?
A: Tropisms are slow-moving growth-movements of plants.
