The flowers of plants pollinated by night-flying bats open, secrete nectar, and release fragrance only at night. The

mechanism that controls this is called ____.
a. thigmotropism
b. heliotropism
c. phototropism
d. photoperiodism
e. circadian rhythm


ANSWER: e

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