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प्रश्न
Mention whether the following statement is true (T) or false (F) and give an explanation in support of your answer.
If the phloem of a twig is removed keeping the xylem intact, the leaves of a twig wilt.
पर्याय
True
False
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उत्तर
This statement is false.
Explanation:
The leaves of the twig remain turgid since its xylem is intact and xylem is responsible for water conduction in plants.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
The diagram given below represents a plant cell after being placed in a strong sugar solution. Guidelines 1 to 5 indicate the following:
1. Strong sugar solution
2. Cell wall
3. Protoplasm
4. Large vacuole
5. Nucleus
Study the diagram and answer the questions that follow:
(i) What is the state of the cell shown in the diagram?
(ii) Name the structure which acts as a selectively permeable membrane.
(iii) If the cell had been placed in distilled water instead of strong sugar solution which feature would not have been present?
(iv) If the cell in the diagram possessed chloroplasts where would these be present?
(v) Name any one feature of this plant cell which is not present in animal cells.
Mention whether the following statement is true (T) or false (F) and give explanation in support of your answer.
Dry seeds when submerged in water swell up due to endosmosis.
Root hairs become flaccid, when fertilizers are added to the moist soil around it. Explain.
What is the composition of an outer layer of root hair?
Write a note on the morphological structure of the root.
What would happen to the leaves of a plant that transpires more water than its absorption in the roots?
Roots of the plants absorb water from the soil through the process of ____________.
Water in the root enters due to ______.
Name the following:
Unicellular outgrowths from the epidermis of roots.
