Does a plant grow while you're watching it? My friend asked me, now I ask you!?
Question:I never told her what my answer was, so give me a really good answer for her.
Answers:
Yes, cell division is a constant process... This process is slower at night, and accelerates when light strikes the thylakoid inside the plants cells. You will never see the cells dividing with your eye, but they are...
So technically, the plant is growing while you are watching it.
mitosis stops for NO ONE!
No, they're just like a pot of water on the stove-it won't boil if you look at it. You have to look away. Don't try to look out of the corner of your eye-they can tell.
everything grows, wether you watch or not,, however somethings grow so slow you will never see it happen,, thats why the other guy talks about the boiling water,, it will boil just as usual, it just seems to take so long if you watch it,,,
NO plants are very shy and if you are watching them they will stop growing. If you watch them too long they may actually die due to lack of new growth. I do know that you can train some plants to do tricks. Some people have trained their plants to eat flies. But I think there is only one kind of plant you can train and I think it is a Venus fly trap. Hope this helps, Roy
Answer the question with a question: Why, do you think it stops growing just because it's being watched?
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