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प्रश्न
The diagram given below represents the results of an experiment conducted on two freshly taken leafy shoots of a herbaceous plant. The lower ends of the shoots dip in ordinary water.
(i) What is the aim of the experiment?
(ii) Some parts of the stem in both the shoots have been removed. Name the conducting tissue in shoot (a) and in shoot (b) that has been removed.
(iii) What are the results of this experiment?

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उत्तर
(i) The aim of the experiment is to show that conduction of water in plants takes place through xylem.
(ii) In shoot, (a) phloem has been removed. In shoot (b), xylem has been removed.
(iii) In shoot (b), xylem has been removed so the leaves are wilted. But in shoot (a), xylem has not been removed so the leaves are turgid.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Study the diagram given below and answer the questions that follow:
- Name the process being studied in the above experiment.
- Explain the process mentioned in (a) above
- Why is oil placed over water?
- What do we observe with regard to the level of water when this set-up is placed in (1) bright sunlight, (2) humid conditions and (3) windy days?
- Mention any three adaptations found in plants to foster the process mentioned in (a) above
What part is played by The cytoplasm in the uptake of water into the root hair?
Name the following:
Tissue concerned with upward conduction of water.
The figure shows a diagrammatic representation of the movement of certain substances inside the stem of a certain plant. Write five sentences on whatever you can explain about the processes or the arrangement of structures indicated in the diagram.
Note: - Each sentence must include one or more of the following four words, and each word can be used several times. Xylem, phloem, roots, leaves.

Choose the correct answer:
The water is translocated upwards from the roots through _____________
Describe structure of root hair.
From which type of cells, root hair is originated
Write a note on the morphological structure of the root.
Aquatic animals like fish excrete their wastes in gaseous form as ______.
