It is a reaction to a stimulus that is also called geotaxia, and in particular, is the response to gravity. There is also the phototaxis or in response to temperature and, finally, the quimitaxia or chemotaxis, which would be phototactism which is the reaction to light, the termotactismo or termotaxia, to a chemical.
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