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Fast Plant Movement

By Janice VanCleave

The leaves of the Mimosa plant in the video close when touched. Even wind triggers leaf closing. This fast plant movement is not a growth movement, instead it is due to changes in cell turgor pressure. Turgor pressure in plant cells is due to the amount of water inside water storage areas called vacuoles. The […]

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