Plants show movement to protect themselves from danger, to obtain nutrients, water, soil etc. Animals show locomotion and movement to escape from danger, to capture and seek food etc. An autotroph

is an organism that produces complex organic compounds from simple substances such as carbon dioxide using carbon.

Do plants Locomote?

Movement in plants

The plants are fixed at a place with their roots in the ground , so they cannot move from one place to another. That is plants cannot show locomotion ( movement of the entire body).

Why do plants show curvature movement?

2. Movements of Curvature in Plants: These movements are observed when changes in orientation of plant in response to external and internal stimuli. They can be growth or turgor, autonomic or paratonic which is tropic or nastic.