Question

Vines climb using tendrils. Specialized plant structures respond when they "touch" something like a wall or trellis. The tendrils wrap around the support and the plants are able to climb upwards. This response to touch in plants is called

Answer 1

This is called thigmotropism

It comes from ancient Greek and basically means to touch in a certain direction. They don't, however, only react to touch; they react to things like wind too in order to latch and not be separated when there's wind blowing on them.