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Cuticle in xerophytes acts as a barrier to evaporation and also the shiny surface reflects heat and so lowers temperature.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: A
Explanation:
The aerial organs in xerophytes are covered, thick, waxy covering called cuticle. The cuticle cuts down water loss in two ways: it acts as a barrier to evaporation and also the shiny surface reflects heat and so lowers temperature.
So, the correct option is 'True'.

Find the correct match.

  1. Halophyte - Wheat

  2. Xerophyte - Mustard

  3. Geophyte - Tomato

  4. Hydrophyte - Pistia


Correct Option: D

Green plants are absent in deep sea. Why?

  1. Light is absent

  2. High pressure

  3. Low temperature

  4. Great depth


Correct Option: A

Effect of $O _{3}$ in plants, involve:

  1. Stomata burning

  2. Oxidizing burning

  3. Reduced survival

  4. All of above


Correct Option: D

_________ plants have flattened leaf-like stems to carry out photosynthesis.

  1. Prickly pear

  2. Potato

  3. A & B

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

In Opuntia (prickly pear), the stem is modified to a flattened green structure to perform the function of leaves. Leaf-like flattened modified stems are called phylloclades. 


So the correct option is "Prickly pear".