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- How do sunflowers follow the sun? | Science Questions
I grow sunflowers in my garden for several years now and it always follow sunrise from east to west each day, but what I would like to know is, do they slowly unwind during the night so that at sunrise they’re pointing east again ready and waiting for the sun-up? Or do they remain facing where the sun sets in the west until the sun starts to
- Why are humans the only species with advanced intelligence?
Dr Chris answers more listener questions, including: How do sunflowers follow the sun? How does the body determine when you’re passing wind or something more solid? Why are mosquitos attracted to some people more than others? Why are some people more intelligent than others? Why are humans the only species with advanced intelligence?
- QotW - 09. 05. 31 - How do sunflowers follow the sun?
I grow sunflowers in my garden for several years now and it always follow sunrise from east to west each day, but what I would like to know is, do they slowl
- QotW - 09. 05. 31 - How do sunflowers follow the sun? - The Naked Scientists
QotW - 09 05 31 - How do sunflowers follow the sun? << < (4 5) > >> kurt120: They follow the sun because of growth hormones the plants produce called auxins Auxins make the plant grow faster and sunlight destroys auxin So the side in the sun grows slower than the shaded side so it "bends" toward the sun
- QotW - 09. 05. 31 - How do sunflowers follow the sun? - The Naked Scientists
The mechanisms that leaves use to follow the sun are much better known than those flowers use Movement in solar-tracking leaves, first written about by Charles Darwin in his 1880 book The Power of Movement in Plants, can occur rapidly and is reversible--two defining features of heliotropism
- Sunflowers Doing the Twist | Podcasts - The Naked Scientists
We find out how sunflowers follow the sun as it moves from east to west and whether the blooms have the same attraction to the moon Plus, we ask where the best place would be for an asteroid to land
- QotW - 09. 05. 31 - How do sunflowers follow the sun? - The Naked Scientists
sunflowers are large flowers containing vast quantities of seeds Leila: In regards to this article (to make it a little more informative) you should look up Nastic Movement and Phototropism =) Simon Birkett: I remember a story that sunflowers grown above the arctic circle would twist their own heads off following the sun
- Where on Earth is the safest place for an asteroid to hit?
The size of this object is something the size of Cardiff travelling at 25 times the speed of sound the compressed column of air travelling in front of it would heat the ground to almost as hot as the surface of the sun The blast wave would kill anything within about 250km instantly
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