Explain why a plant tip will bend towards a light source (2)

When a light source is shone at a plant, a hormone known as auxin travels to its shady side, which enables this side of the plant to elongate its cells and stretch. This results in the tip of the plant bending towards the light source, in a process known as phototropism

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