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Question
Which of the following statements are true and which ones are false? Give reason in support of your answer.
Some desert plants have sunked stomata on their leaves.
Options
True
False
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Solution
True
Reason: Desert plants need to reduce transpiration as much as possible so as to survive in the hot and dry environment. Hence some of them have sunken stomata as an adaptation to curtail transpiration.
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State whether the following statement is true or false. Rewrite the false statement correctly.
During transpiration, the leaves lose more water from their upper surface.
Mention the two ways in which transpiration helps the plants.
Mark the most appropriate answer in the following:
Transpiration pull will be maximum under which of the following conditions?
The diagram alongside represents a structure found in a leaf. Study the same and answer the questions that follow:
(i) Name the parts labeled A and B.
(ii) What is the biological term for the above structure?
(iii) What is the function of the part labeled A?
(iv) Mention two structural features of A, which help in the function mentioned in (iii) above?
(v) Where is this structure likely to be found in a leaf?
(vi) The structure (fig.5.22) helps in the process of transpiration. Explain the term transpiration.
(vii) How many other cells are found surrounding this structure as seen in the diagram?
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chloroplasts and photosynthesis
In a similar way, write the functional activity against the following:
Xylem and ______
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Explain the Term
Lenticular
Name the three types of transpiration.
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The pH of the guard cells increases during day time
