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HELP!!!!! WILL GIVE BRAINILEST!!!!! Consider the following experiment. A plant is set in one corner of a box. A top is put on the box so that the hole in the top is opposite to the plant.

Over the next week, the plant in the box should:


A. grow downward
B. grow away from the hole
C. bend and grow towards the hole
D. die for lack of air

HELP!!!!! WILL GIVE BRAINILEST!!!!! Consider the following experiment. A plant is-example-1
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Answer:

C. bend and grow towards the hole

Step-by-step explanation:

Plants grow toward the light as a way of generating more energy through photosynthesis. So how do the plants grow toward the light? Plants contain a hormone called auxin, which causes plant cells to grow longer. Plant cells on the shady side of a plant contains more auxin hormones, making the plant bend toward the light as the cells in the shade el

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