https://www.pitara.com/tags/photosynthesis/Recent content in Photosynthesis on Pitara Kids NetworkHugoen-usSat, 13 Jun 2026 21:46:31 +0530https://www.pitara.com/science-for-kids/5ws-and-h/why-do-plants-lean-toward-sunlight/Fri, 31 Aug 2001 21:39:58 +0000https://www.pitara.com/science-for-kids/5ws-and-h/why-do-plants-lean-toward-sunlight/<p>Plants kept inside a room always grow in the direction of the window. In woodlands where there is a thick canopy of trees and sunlight rarely falls on earth, very few plants survive. Those that do, do not require sunlight to make their food.</p> <p>People have long wondered about this phenomenon until the answer was discovered and explained by the English naturalist Charles Darwin. He demonstrated that the growing shoot of a grass seedling always bends towards light. This is due to a phenomenon called phototropism.</p>