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Plants capable of growing in nitrogen deficient soil is

  1. Orchids

  2. Ferns

  3. Insectivorous plants

  4. Rafflesia
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Insectivorous plants are plants which are capable of growing in nitrogen deficient soil because they obtain their nitrogen content partially from the insects they ingest.

So, the correct option is 'Insectivorous plants'.

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Which one is an insectivorous plant?

  1. Vallisneria

  2. Rafflesia

  3. Santalum

  4. Nepenthes
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation
Nepenthes also called pitcher plant is the insectivorous plant because it traps insects and feeds on them for obtaining nitrogen content. It is called pitcher plant because their leaves are modified into the pitcher like structures.
So, the correct option is D.

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An insectivorous plant among the following is

  1. Nepenthes

  2. Sarracenia

  3. Crotalaria

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

Nepenthes and sarracenia , both called pitcher plant are insectivorous plants because they trap insects and feed on them for obtaining nitrogen content.they are called pitcher plant because their leaves are modified into a pitcher like structures.

So, the correct option is 'Both A and B'.

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Which of the following is insectivorous?

  1. Hydrilla

  2. Ricinus

  3. Drosera

  4. Ranunculus
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Drosera, also called as sundew is an insectivorous plant because it lives by feeding on insects. its leaves are covered by a mucilaginous substance which attracts the insect and traps it. It looks like morning dew, so the name sundew.

Thus, the correct answer is 'Drosera'.

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Insectivorous plants are also called as

  1. Omnivorous plants

  2. Carnivorous plants

  3. Parasitic plants

  4. Saprophytes
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Insectivorous plants are often called carnivorous plants because they usually trap and digest the insects to obtain their required nutrients.  

So the correct option is ' Carnivorous plants'

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The ability of the Venus Flytrap to capture insects is due to

  1. Specialized "muscle-like" cells

  2. Chemical stimulation by the prey

  3. A passive process requiring no special ability on the part of the plant

  4. Rapid turgor pressure changes
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Venus Flytrap is an insectivorous plant. It grows in waterlogged soils. Due to waterlogging, the amount of available nitrogen is very less. Hence, it obtains its nitrogen from the insects. Due to this reason, it is also called as the semi-autotrophic or semi-heterotrophic plant. It has leaves with winged petiole attached to it and lamina is modified into two toothed jaws. Each jaw has numerous teeth. Also, the upper surface of each jaw has long sensitive bristles. The upper surface also contains irregularly scattered glands. These bristles are very sensitive to touch stimulus. When an insect comes in contact with these bristles, there is a rapid change in the turgor pressure. This results in the closing of leaf and the insect are captured. 

Thus, the correct answer is 'Rapid turgor pressure changes.'

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All of the following parts of the plant is present in pitcher plant except.

  1. Leaves

  2. Roots

  3. Stem

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

  • Pitcher plants are the several different carnivorous plants. These have modified leaves known as pitfall traps. 
  • These are having a prey-trapping mechanism. 
  • The traps of are true in pitcher plants and are formed by the specialized leaves.
  • So, we can say that pitcher plants don’t have leaves.
  • The correct option is A.  

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Insectivorous plants are _________.

  1. Saprophytes

  2. Heterotrophs

  3. Semiautotrophs

  4. Autotrophs
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Autotrophs plants are those which gets nutrients through photosynthesis in the presence of sunlight. Insectivorous plants just like almost every other plant, get their energy from sunlight. They feed on insect to fufill their nitrogen requirement, that's why they can easily grown in nitrogen deficient soil condition.

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Which of the following plant traps insect for nutrients?

  1. Lotus

  2. Pitcher

  3. Rose

  4. Tulip
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation
Plants that eat insects are called insectivorous plants. They have adapted to grow in places where the soil is thin or poor in nutrients, especially nitrogen. Pitcher plant is the example of an insectivorous plant. In pitcher plant, the leaf is modified to form a pitcher-like structure with several hair-like structures inside it. When an insect sits on the pitcher of the plant, the lid closes and the insect gets trapped inside the pitcher.
So, the answer is B.
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Which is not an insectivorous plant?

  1. Dionaea
  2. Dischidia$/$Monotropa

  3. Drosera

  4. Pinguicula
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation
$\to$ Dischidia / Monotropa. 
$\to$ Monotropa is a genus of 5 species of herbaceous perennial flowering plants, formly classified in the family Monotropaceae, but now included with most the Ericaceae. 
$\bullet$ unlike most of the plants, they do not contain chlorophyll.
$\bullet$ They are myco - heterotrophs, getting their food through parasitism upon fungi rather than synthesis.
$\bullet$ Thus, they are capable of living in very dark conditions.