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Multiple choice botany the leaf mechanism of absorption mineral absorption significance of transpiration

Which of the following is not the modification of leaf?

  1. Tendril in Antigonon

  2. Tendril in Clematis

  3. Tendril in Gloriosa

  4. Tendril in Nepenthes
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

In Antigonon, the tendril is a modification of the inflorescence axis, not the leaf. In Clematis, Gloriosa, and Nepenthes, the tendrils or traps are modifications of leaves or leaflets.

Multiple choice botany the leaf mechanism of absorption mineral absorption significance of transpiration

Choose the correct answers from the alternatives given.
One important difference between the anatomy and physiology of roots and leaves is that

  1. Unlike roots, the xylem vessels in leaves normally transport sap in both directions

  2. A waxy cuticle covers most leaves but is absent in roots

  3. Leaves, but not roots, have ground tissue consisting mainly of parenchyma cells

  4. Phloem always conducts sap away from leaves and toward roots
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The leaves are covered with waxy cuticle but roots do not possess any cuticle. Cuticle helps in preventing loss of water from the surface of the leaves. Since roots are present underground immersed in the soil they do not show transpiration and hence no cuticle is present. 

Hence, the correct answer is 'A waxy cuticle covers most leaves but is absent in roots'.

Multiple choice biology the leaf mechanism of absorption mineral absorption significance of transpiration

The classical experiments on growth were performed by

  1. Lamarck and Boysen Jensen

  2. Boysen Jensen and Darwin

  3. Darwin and Lamarck

  4. Lamarck and Darwin
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Charles Darwin and Francis showed  the presence of the phototropic stimulus at the tip of the plant and that the apical region communicates with the cell of elongation zone. The Danish plant physiologist Boysen-Jensen experimentally showed that the apex cells communicate with the the cell of elongation zone via chemical passing down from the tip of the coleoptile. Lamarck gave the theory of inheritance of acquired characters that explains evolution as the inheritance of acquired characters under influence of needs as posed as changing environmental conditions. Thus, the correct answer is option B.

Multiple choice biology the leaf mechanism of absorption mineral absorption significance of transpiration

Ultrafiltration theory for permeability of cell membrane was put forth by

  1. Traube

  2. Ruhland

  3. Sachs

  4. None of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

W. Ruhland (1912) and Hoffman (1925) put forth the ultrafiltration theory and describe that small pores are found on the membrane of the molecules, which are small in size than pores of the membrane are only passed through membranes.

Multiple choice biology the leaf mechanism of absorption mineral absorption significance of transpiration

Meaningful girdling (ringing) experiment cannot be done on sugarcane because

  1. Phloem is present inside the xylem.

  2. It can not tolerate the injury.

  3. Vascular bundles are scattered.

  4. Plants are very delicate.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation
  • Monocots have scattered vascular bundles, while dicots have a continuous ring arrangement of vascular bundles. In a dicot stem, after a few years of growth, phloem is present as a single continuous layer or sheet on the outer side as a constituent of bark. 
  • It can be easily removed because it is present as a continuous sheet. In a similar manner phloem cannot be removed in a monocot stem, because of the scattered arrangement, some of the vascular bundles might be present near the surface and some embedded deep inside. 
  • Removing phloem from each of the bundles individually is not possible. The girdling experiment is used to identify the tissue through which food is conducted. In this experiment, a ring of phloem is removed from the woody plant. 
  • Hence girdling experiments cannot be performed on a monocot stem-like sugarcane.
Multiple choice biology the leaf mechanism of absorption mineral absorption significance of transpiration

A small mesophytic twig with green leaves is dipped into water in a big beaker under sunlight. It demonstrates

  1. Photosynthesis

  2. Respiration

  3. Transpiration

  4. None of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

There will be loss of water through the leaves if the beaker is kept covered. Otherwise direct evaporation of water from free surface will also happen. The purpose of this experiment is to demonstrate transpiration, which is loss of water through leaves of plants in vapour form.

Multiple choice biology the leaf mechanism of absorption mineral absorption significance of transpiration

Who proposed the retention pressure theory for the permeability of the membrane?

  1. Traube

  2. Overton

  3. Cocking

  4. None of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Traube (1867) proposed his ''Haftdruck'' or retention pressure theory. According to this theory, the permeation of solutes through a membrane depended on their relative affinity towards the membrane substance as compared to that of water.

Multiple choice biology the leaf mechanism of absorption mineral absorption significance of transpiration

Which of the following is the significance of photosynthesis?

  1. Balance of carbon dioxide and oxygen

  2. Balance of nitrogen in the environment

  3. Provides food

  4. Both A and C
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

In the atmosphere, plants prepare food due to photosynthesis and release oxygen and animals release carbon dioxide by respiration. Animals inhale oxygen released by plants and plants use carbon dioxide for the process of photosynthesis. Hence balance of carbon dioxide and oxygen is maintained by photosynthesis. Plants use energy from sunlight to turn water and carbon dioxide into an energy-rich sugar called glucose.which is stored as starch inside the plant body. Plants provide food in the form of carbohydrates(glucose and starch).

So, the correct answer is 'Both A and C'.

Multiple choice botany leaf - external morphology morphology of leaf structure of a leaf the leaf

In a plant, the following part performs photosynthesis 

  1. Leaves

  2. Stem

  3. Roots

  4. Root nodules
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The leaves of the plant possess the mesophyll tissue which contains the cellular organelle chloroplast. This organelle contains the chlorophyll pigments which are responsible for the absorption of light and conversion of this energy to synthesize food by the process of photosynthesis.