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What is the arrangement of leaves on the stem of a plant called?
- a) Photosynthesis
- b) Transpiration
- c) Phyllotaxy
- d) Respiration
Answer: c) Phyllotaxy
What is the phyllotaxy arrangement of leaves in plants like Hibiscus and Sunflower?
- Opposite phyllotaxy
- Alternate or spiral phyllotaxy
- Whorl phyllotaxy
Answer: b. Alternate or spiral phyllotaxy
What is the phyllotaxy arrangement of leaves in plants like Guava and Neem?
- Opposite phyllotaxy
- Alternate or spiral phyllotaxy
- Whorl phyllotaxy
Answer: a. Opposite phyllotaxy
What is the phyllotaxy arrangement of leaves in plants like Oleander and Pomegranate?
- Opposite phyllotaxy
- Alternate or spiral phyllotaxy
- Whorl phyllotaxy
Answer: c. Whorl phyllotaxy
What is the process by which plants prepare their food?
- Respiration
- Transpiration
- Photosynthesis
Answer: c. Photosynthesis
What is the sugar called that is prepared during photosynthesis in plants?
- Fructose
- Glucose
- Sucrose
Answer: b. Glucose
What is given out during the process of photosynthesis in plants?
- Carbon dioxide
- Water
- Oxygen
Answer: c. Oxygen
What is the primary form of sugar produced during photosynthesis?
- a) Fructose
- b) Sucrose
- c) Glucose
- d) Maltose
Answer: c) Glucose
Where is the extra food prepared during photosynthesis stored in a plant?
- a) Only in the leaves
- b) Only in the roots
- c) In different parts of the plant
- d) In the stem and flowers only
Answer: c) In different parts of the plant
Which of the following parts of a plant can be eaten and is a good source of nutrients?
- a) Roots
- b) Leaves
- c) Flowers
- d) All of the above
Answer: d) All of the above
What is the primary purpose of seeds in a plant?
- a) To store nutrients
- b) To produce flowers
- c) To carry out photosynthesis
- d) To grow into a new plant
Answer: d) To grow into a new plant
Which plant has spines instead of leaves to adapt to the hot environment?
- a) Venus flytrap
- b) Croton
- c) Cactus
- d) Picture plant
Answer: c) Cactus
What is the unique feature of the leaves of the Croton plant?
- a) They have spines
- b) They are red or yellow
- c) They are shaped like pictures
- d) They trap insects
Answer: b) They are red or yellow
How does the Picture Plant catch insects?
- a) By trapping them in small halves with stiff hairs on the edges
- b) By secreting digestive juices to digest the insect
- c) By having brightly coloured leaves
- d) By using downward pointing hairs to prevent the insect from escaping
Answer: d) By using downward pointing hairs to prevent the insect from escaping
What is the unique feature of the Venus flytrap?
- a) It has spines instead of leaves
- b) Its leaves are shaped like pictures
- c) Its leaves snap shut quickly to trap insects
- d) It has red or yellow leaves
Answer: c) Its leaves snap shut quickly to trap insects
What are plants called that do not make their own food and depend on a host for nutrition?
- a) Insectivorous plants
- b) Parasitic plants
- c) Cacti plants
- d) Croton plants
Answer: b) Parasitic plants
Which of the following is a total parasite?
- a) Mistletoe
- b) Cuscuta
- c) Santalum
- d) Venus flytrap
Answer: b) Cuscuta
What are the special roots developed by cuscuta to absorb food and water from the host plant called?
- a) Haustoria
- b) Spines
- c) Rhizomes
- d) Tubers
Answer: a) Haustoria
Which of the following plants is a partial parasite?
- a) Cuscuta
- b) Striga
- c) Mistletoe
- d) Sundew plant
Answer: c) Mistletoe
