Plants use direct environmental stimuli for orientation in growth and movement. This is called tropism. The responses of the plant may be toward (positive) or away (negative) from the external stimulus or stimuli.Click the links below to learn more about the different types of stimuli and the plants reaction to it:Phototropism-Reaction to light and different wavelengths.his is called tropism. The responses of the plant may be toward (positive) or away (negative) from the external stimulus or stimuli. Click the links below to learn more about the different types of stimuli and the plants reaction to it:
I'm thinking about training for a marathon. A marathon is 26.2 miles or 42 kilometers. Although some marathons differ in their terrain (some are very flat, some are extremely hilly) and degree of difficulty, the distance is always 26.2 miles.
Big Picture of the Marathon Route. The Boston Marathon route covers 26 miles and 385 yards of sometimes hilly, sometimes flat terrain between Hopkinton, Massachusetts and Copley Square in Boston. The race starts in Hopkinton, located to the west-south-west of Boston, on Route 135.