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7 Getting To Know Plants

SECTION- A
(To be answered in one line or one sentence)

Multiple Choice Questions (b) green tender stem: shrub

(c) thick, hard stem with branching near

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1. After fertilisation, the ovules grow into the base: tree
(a) fruits (b) seeds (d) thick, hard stem with branches high on

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(c) leaves (d) flowers the plant: herb

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8. Which of the following is not the primary

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2. It is not easy to pull out a weed plant from
the soil because it has strong function of stem?

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(a) stem (b) roots (a) conduction of water

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(c) leaves (d) flowers (b) photosynthesis

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3. We see red-coloured veins on the white (c) bearing branches
(d) bears flowers and fruits

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flowers of a cut stem dipped in a glass

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containing red-coloured water. What does 9. Which of the following statements are

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this show? correct about photosynthesis?

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(a) conduction of water by roots (i) Sunlight, carbon dioxide, chlorophyll

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(b) conduction of water by stem and water are necessary.

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(c) conduction of water by flowers (ii) Oxygen is absorbed.

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(d) conduction of water by leaves (iii) It is generally carried out by leaves.

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4. When pollen grains of one flower are (iv) Proteins are made during

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transferred to the stigma of another flower,

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photosynthesis.

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the process is called (a) (iii) and (iv) (b) (i) and (iii)

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(a) fertilisation (b) germination (c) (ii) and (iv) (d) (i) and (iv)
(c) pollination (d) transpiration 10. A wheat plant is a
5. Which of the following forms the innermost (a) tree (b) shrub

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part of a flower? (c) herb (d) climber
(a) stamen

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(b) anther 11. Neem is a
(c) petal (d) pistil (a) tree (b) shrub
6. Which of the following combinations of (c) creeper (d) herb
features would you observe in grass?
12. The male reproductive part of a flower is
(a) parallel venation and fibrous root called
(b) parallel venation and taproot (a) stamen (b) filament
(c) reticulate venation and fibrous root (c) anther (d) carpel
(d) reticulate venation and taproot 13. Which of the following do we eat as roots?
7. Which of the following is the correct match (a) carrot (b) turnip
between the characteristics of the stem and
(c) tapioca (d) all of these
the category of a plant?
14. Rhizobium bacteria fix _______________ in
(a) weak stem that cannot stand upright:
the soil.
creeper

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 (a) oxygen (b) carbon dioxide Answers:
(c) nitrogen (d) hydrogen 1. (b) 2. (b) 3. (b) 4. (c) 5. (d) 6. (a)
15. In a mango tree, the branches appear 7. (a) 8. (b) 9. (b) 10. (c) 11. (a) 12. (a)
(a) at the base of the stem 13. (d) 14. (c) 15. (b) 16. (a) 17. (c) 18. (d)
(b) higher up on the stem
19. (b) 20. (d) 21. (c)
(c) no where on the stem
(d) both (a) and (b) Assertion-Reason Type Questions
16. An ovule is found inside the
In the following questions, two statements are
(a) ovary (b) anther
given— one labelled Assertion (A) and the other
(c) petal (d) filament
labelled Reason (R). Select the correct answer to

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17. Food is stored in the leaves in the form of these questions from the codes (i), (ii), (iii) and
(a) protein (b) chlorophyll (iv) as given below.

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(c) starch (d) glycogen (i) Both A and R are true and R is the correct

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18. Which of the following statements is explanation of the assertion.

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incorrect? (ii) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct

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(a) Maize and wheat are plants with fibrous explanation of the assertion.

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roots.

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(iii) A is true but R is false.

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(b) Tulsi plant has a soft green stem. It is a (iv) A is false but R is true.
herb.

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1. Assertion: The leaves of peepal have

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(c) Money plant is a climber as it has weak reticulate venation.
stem and needs support to stand.

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Reason: The leaves of peepal have veins

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(d) Potato is an underground root. that are parallel to one another.

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19. Which of the following statements is/are

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Ans. (iii)

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correct?
Explanation: The leaves of peepal have

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(a) Stems absorb water and minerals from

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veins that form a net-like pattern on the
the soil.

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lamina and thus, they are said to have

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(b) Stems conduct water from the roots to reticulate venation.

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the leaves.

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2. Assertion: A leaf turns blue-black when a

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(c) Stems conduct food from the roots to few drops of iodine solution are added on
various parts of the plant. it.
(d) All of these Reason: The leaf contains protein.

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20. Which of the following statements is
Ans. (iii)
incorrect?
Explanation: A leaf turns blue-black

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(a) If the sepals of a flower are joined
on adding iodine solution due to the
together, its petals are also joined
presence of starch in it.
together.
(b) If the petals of a flower are joined Passage-based Questions
together, then the pistil is joined to the
petal. Read the following passage and answer the
questions that follow:
(c) The young unopened flower is called
the bud. Shalini owns a garden near her house. She
waters the plants daily. There are different kinds
(d) Both (a) and (b)
of plants in her garden, like tomato, rose plant,
21. The visible parts of a bud are the sunflower, watermelon, money plant and trees
(a) petals (b) filaments like mango and peepal. Other than these, there
(c) sepals (d) stamens are a lot of grasses and plants with beautiful

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flowers. She removes some small plants a bright sunny day because the rate of
regularly from her garden for the other plants transpiration increases in the presence of
to grow well. strong sunlight.
1. Which of the plants in Shalini’s garden Very Short Answer Questions
is a creeper?
Ans. Watermelon 1. What is the thick vein in the middle of
2. What type of a plant is money plant? the leaf called?
Ans. Climber Ans. Midrib
3. What type of plants are tomato and 2. Which of the following leaves have
sunflower? Give a characteristic of their reticulate venation?
type. tulsi, maize, china rose, coriander, grass,

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Ans. Tomato and sunflower are herbs. They wheat

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have green and soft stems. Ans. Tulsi, china rose and coriander
4. Why does Shalini remove some small 3. Name two plants in which buds in the

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plants from the garden regularly? stem are modified into hard, pointed and
Ans. Shalini removes some plants regularly sharp structures called spines or thorns.

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because these plants are weeds. They are Ans. Citrus and Bougainvillea

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unwanted plants that grow with other 4. Name two plants each having (a) joined

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plants and compete with the main plants sepals and (b) separate sepals.
for space, sunlight, nutrients and water.

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Ans. (a) Joined sepals – Hibiscus, Datura

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Picture-based Questions (b) Separate sepals – rose, mustard

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5. If a plant has fibrous root, what type of
Observe the given picture of an activity carried venation do its leaves have?

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out with leaves of plants and polythene bag

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Ans. Parallel venation

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during daytime and answer the questions that

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follow: 6. Name any two plants having parallel

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venation.

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transparent Ans. Bamboo, banana, sugarcane and palm

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polythene (any two)

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bag

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7. What are the small green leaves at the
base of the flower called?
Ans. Sepals
8. Why are the roots said to anchor the

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1. Which process is demonstrated in the plant to the soil?

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activity? Ans. Roots hold the plant firmly in the soil.
Ans. The process of transpiration is Therefore, they are said to anchor the
demonstrated in the given activity. plant to the soil.
2. What will you observe in the polythene 9. Name the lowermost and the swollen
bag after a few hours of setting up the part of the pistil.
activity? Ans. Ovary
Ans. After a few hours, small droplets of water 10. Name the two main parts of the stamen.
will be observed inside the polythene Ans. Anther and filament
bag.
11. Rahul finds a plant with no leaves. It has
3. When will this activity show better a taproot. He wants to know the venation
results—on a bright sunny day or a in the leaves. Help him.
cloudy day? Why?
Ans. The plant has taproot. So, the leaves will
Ans. The activity will show better results on have reticulate venation.

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12. Draw a labelled diagram of a stamen. Ans. Chlorophyll
16. What traps the sunlight for the
Ans. Here, anther has leaves to make food by the process of
been cut open pollen grains
to show pollen
photosynthesis?
grains inside it Ans. Chlorophyll
anther 17. Name the stalk by which a flower is
attached to the stem.
Ans. Pedicel
filament
18. What is the swollen part of the pedicel
structure of stamen called?
13. Name the gas released during the process Ans. Thalamus

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of photosynthesis. 19. What does a leaf need to make food by

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Ans. Oxygen the process of photosynthesis?
14. Name a bell-shaped flower. Ans. Water, carbon dioxide, sunlight and

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Ans. Datura chlorophyll.
20. In which form do leaves give out water?

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15. Name the green pigment present in the

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leaves. Ans. Water vapour

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SECTION- B

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(Short Answer Questions)

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1. What are climbers? Give two examples. 5. Define photosynthesis.

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Ans. The plants with weak stems that take the Ans. The process of making food by the green

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support of walls or other plants to climb plants using carbon dioxide and water in

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are called climbers. Pea plant and money the presence of sunlight and chlorophyll

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plant are climbers. is called photosynthesis.

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2. Define transpiration. 6. Why is the stem known as a two-way

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Ans. The loss of water through stomata present street?

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in the leaves is called transpiration. Ans. The stem conducts water and minerals

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3. Why are leaves known as the kitchen of from the roots to the various parts of
the plant? the plant in the upward direction. It also
Ans. Leaves are known as the kitchen of the conducts food from the leaves to all parts
of the plant in the downward direction.

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plant because they prepare food for the
plant by the process of photosynthesis. Therefore, stem is known as a two-way

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street.
4. Name the two types of venation found
in leaves. Differentiate between the two. 7. What are creepers? Give two examples.
Ans. The two types of venations found in Ans. The plants with weak stems that cannot
the leaves are parallel venation and stand upright and spread on the ground
reticulate venation. are called creepers. For example, bottle
gourd and watermelon
Parallel venation Reticulate venation
8. Will a leaf taken from a potted plant
When the veins When the veins kept in a dark room for a few days turn
run parallel to the form a net-like blue-black when tested for starch? Give
midrib or parallel pattern on the reasons for your answer.
to one another, lamina of a leaf, Ans. No, it will not turn blue-black because
the venation is the venation is all the starch stored in the leaf would
known as parallel called reticulate have been used up by the plant after
venation. venation.
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 a few days and no more starch would Ans. stamen
be synthesised in the leaves due to the (male reproductive
petal part of flower)
absence of sunlight.
9. Differentiate between taproot and pistil (female
reproductive part
fibrous root. of flower)
sepal
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Taproot Fibrous root thalamus

A taproot consists A fibrous root pedicel

of a single primary consists of a 11. Differentiate between a complete and an
root which is thicker bunch of thin incomplete flower.
at its upper part fibre-like roots Ans. Complete flower Incomplete flower

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and generally tapers that arise from
downwards, and the base of the A flower that A flower that

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several secondary stem. consists of all the does not have
roots that arise from

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four whorls is all the four

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the primary root. called a complete whorls is called

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flower. an incomplete

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Examples are roots Example are

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of mango, carrot roots of grass, flower.

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and radish. maize and wheat. Examples are Examples are
mustard and mulberry and
10. Draw a diagram of a flower and label its

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Hibiscus. date palm.
parts.

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SECTION- C

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(Long Answer Questions)

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1. (a) What are the functions of a stem in a the soil that hold the plant firmly

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plant? in the ground and prevents the

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(b) What are node and internode? plants from being pulled out

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easily.

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Ans. (a) Functions of a stem are:

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(i) The stem bears and supports the (ii) The roots absorb water and
leaves, branches and fruits of a minerals from the soil and pass
plant. it to the stem. The plant then
uses this water and minerals to

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(ii) It conducts water and minerals
manufacture food and carry out
from the roots to various parts of

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its life processes.
the plant.
(iii) They help bind the soil particles
(iii) It conducts food from the leaves
together and thus, prevent soil
to all parts of the plant.
erosion.
(b) The part of a stem where a leaf
(b) stem
arises is called a node. The region of
the stem between the two adjacent
nodes is called an internode.
2. (a) What are the functions of roots in a lateral
root
plant? primary
(b) Draw a labelled diagram of a root
taproot.
Ans. (a) Functions of roots are:
(i) The roots of a plant spread out in a taproot

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3. Describe the parts of a leaf. Support your 5. Read the function of parts of a plant
answer with a well-labelled diagram. given below:
Ans. The main parts of a leaf are petiole,
lamina or leaf blade and midrib.
(i) The part of a leaf by which it is
attached to the stem is called petiole.
(ii) The flat, broad and green part of the
leaf is called lamina or leaf blade.
(iii) The petiole continues in the centre.
This thick vein in the middle is
called midrib.

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(iv) The midrib then branches into a

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network of veins on the leaf.

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lamina

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network of (leaf blade) (a) fixes plant to the soil
veins
(b) prepares starch

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bud (c) takes part in reproduction

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vein
(d) supports branches and bears flowers
midrib In the given diagram, write the names of

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leaf base
margin
the parts whose functions you have just
read at the appropriate spaces.

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stem petiole (leaf stalk)

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Ans. (a) root (b) leaf
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(c) flower (d) stem

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leaf?

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flower
(b) What are the advantages of

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transpiration in plants?

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stem

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(i) A leaf manufactures food for

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the plant by the process of

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leaf
photosynthesis.
(ii) The exchange of gases takes
place through the tiny pores

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present on the surface of a leaf.
(iii) Transpiration takes place root

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through stomata in leaves.
(b) Transpiration helps the plant in the
following ways: 6. Write the features of trees.
(i) It helps in cooling the plant Ans. The features of trees are—
body, just as loss of water during (i) They are tall.
sweating helps us to keep cool. (ii) They are brown, thick and very hard
(ii) When leaves lose water during stem (trunk).
transpiration, more water and (iii) The stem has branches in the upper
minerals are pulled upwards part much above the ground.
from the roots to make up for the (iv) They live for several years.
lost water. Thus, transpiration
Examples are mango, peepal and
helps in the conduction of water
gulmohar.
and minerals in the plant.
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7. Differentiate between herbs and shrubs. the petals. A stamen consists of anther
Ans. and filament. Anther contains pollen
Herbs Shrubs grains.
(i) The plants with The plants with Pistil is the female reproductive part
green, soft and hard, brown and of the flower present at the centre of a
tender stems are thick stems are flower. It consists of stigma, style and
called herbs. called shrubs. ovary. The top part of pistil is the stigma.
Stigma receives pollen grains from the
(ii) They are usually They are anther. The pollen grains are carried to
short (less than medium sized ovary through the middle part, i.e., style.
4 feet). (less than 8 feet). Ovary is the swollen part at the bottom of
the pistil. It contains ovules.

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(iii) Their stem may Their stem has
not have many branches near 9. (a) Draw the labelled diagram of pistil.

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branches. the base of the (b) From the following plants, which of
them have flowers?

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plant.

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Grass, maize, wheat, chilli, tomato,
(iv) They have short They live for

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tulsi, peepal, sheesham, banyan,

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lifespan. They many years. mango, jamun, guava, pomegranate,

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live for one or

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papaya, banana, lemon, sugarcane,
two seasons. potato, groundnut

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Ans. (a)

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Examples are Examples are stigma
tomato, mustard lemon, china

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and sunflower. rose and rose

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plant.

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style

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pistil
8. Describe the structure of a flower. Also,

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write the function of each part.

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Ans. A flower has four main parts— sepals,

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petals, stamens and pistil.

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ovary

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Sepals are the green, leaf-like structures

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present in the outermost whorl of the
flower. They protect the flower during Structure of pistil
bud stage. (b) M
 aize, wheat, chilli, tomato, tulsi,

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Petals are the usually brightly coloured peepal, sheesham, banyan, mango,
parts that attract insects for pollination. jamun, guava, pomegranate, papaya,

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Stamens are the male reproductive parts banana, lemon and potato plants
of the flower present in the innerside of have flowers.

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