You observe a sunflower that moves its leaves so that it tracks the sun across the sky throughout the day, and a sensitive plant that reversibly folds up its leaflets when you touch it. What are both of these examples of?

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The sunflower tracking the sun is an example of heliotropism, a type of nastic movement, and the sensitive plant folding its leaves is also a nastic movement, specifically a thigmonastic response.

You Observe a Sunflower That Moves Its Leaves So That