1. The document discusses movement in animals and plants. In animals, movement is a response to external stimuli and is carefully controlled by nervous and muscular tissues. Nerve cells detect stimuli and send electrical signals that cause muscles to contract.
2. In plants, movement is either independent of growth, like sensitive plant leaves closing when touched, or dependent on growth, where plants grow towards stimuli like light, gravity, water, etc. over time. Plants use electrical-chemical signaling between cells rather than nerves.
3. The key differences between animal and plant movement are that animals use nerves and fast electrical signaling, while plants rely on slower chemical signaling between cells. Both utilize changes in cell shape - contractions in animal muscle