Mobility Living things do what they must to find food. Although we think of plants as being immobile, plants grow toward the light, and can slowly turn their leaves to take advantage of whatever light is available. The cells on one side of a stem divide, becoming two cells and making that side longer, so then the stem bends. Vines use a similar process to twine around a support. Using this method of uneven growth, plants can move their leaves and flowers.
Some plants can move a little in response to stimuli from the environment.
Sensitive plants can move their leaves in response to touch, and Venus fly traps will close their leaves around insects. Plants need to scatter their pollen so that the next generation of plants will be strong. They also need to scatter their seeds. If new plants grow next to their parents, all of them must compete for the same resources, and that is not efficient. If conditions change, the rooted plants may die out where they are.