a) Phototaxis;
b) Expose the organism to light so that it can photosynthesis;
c) - chemicals – chemotoxis;
- temperature – thermotoxis;
d) Phototropism;
e) - seedling shoot tip bends towards source of illumination / light;
- auxin migrates to the darker side;
Causing rapid growth in the darker side hence a curvature;
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