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OCR: PLANT GROWTH Food store LSO PIANTS grow at particular (bean) points, upward at their shoot tips and downward their root tips. Trees and other woody plants also grow outward to increase their width. Plant growth. like animal growth Young shoo First controlled by hormones affected leaves the environment Shoots grow develop up toward light; roots grow down Young result of gravity These root growth movements are called tropisms and they help plants Seed coat the sunlight and water they need in order survive Germination When seed starts to grow, it is said Roots he germinating. The first shoot and roots feed on the food store. find seea