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प्रश्न
The figure given below represents the vertical section of a leaf.
( i) Name the parts labeled 1 to 5.
( ii ) What do the two arrows (dotted and solid) indicate in the daytime and at night?
( iii) Could you add one more arrow in the figure? If yes, what for?
( iv) How many leaf veins have been shown in this section?

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उत्तर
(i) 1 - Upper Epidermis; 2 - Palisade layer / chloroplast; 3 - Xylem; 4 - Phloem; 5 - Guard cell
(ii) The two arrows show the release of oxygen and water vapours during the daytime and carbon dioxide and very less amount of oxygen is released during the night.
(iii) Yes, one more arrow can be added to show the absorption of carbon dioxide by the leaf.
(iv) One vein has been shown in this section.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Complete the following paragraph by filling in the blank (1) to (5) with appropriate words:
To test a leaf for starch, the leaf is boiled in water to (1) _________. It is then boiled in Methylated spirit to (2) ________. The leaf is dipped in warm water to soften it. It is placed in a petri dish, and (3) _____ solution is added. The region of the leaf which contains starch, turns (4) ________and the region while does not contain starch, turns (5) __________.
What are the basic requirements of photosynthesis?
All life on earth Would come to an end if there were no green plants.
Give technical term:
Name the process which is responsible for the conversion of solar energy to chemical energy that is essential to sustain life on this earth?
Give technical term:
Organisms which cannot prepare their own food by photosynthesis.
Mention, if the following statement is True or False. If false rewrite the wrong statement in its correct form:
Leaves are broad and flat to increase the surface area for photosynthesis.
Write the functional activity of the following structure:
Thylakoids
What is the end product of photosynthesis?
