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Which of the following provides water and mineral salts to the plant?
  • a)
    Stem
  • b)
    Flowers
  • c)
    Fruits
  • d)
    Roots
Correct answer is option 'D'. Can you explain this answer?

Pranav Singh answered
Roots are the part of the plant that is in the soil. They take in water and important nutrients, called mineral salts, from the soil. The roots then send this water and nutrients up through the plant to help it grow and stay healthy. Without roots, the plant wouldn't get the food and water it needs.
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At which of the following time may a plant be preparing food?
  • a)
    6 a.m.
  • b)
    10 a.m.
  • c)
    10 p.m.
  • d)
    midnight
Correct answer is option 'B'. Can you explain this answer?

Pranav Singh answered
Plants can get sunlight at 10 AM among the given options A, B, C and D. So, that is the time when they will be able to prepare food.

Name the green colouring substance that is present in leaves?
  • a)
    Carotene
  • b)
    Salts
  • c)
    Chlorophyll
  • d)
    All of these
Correct answer is option 'C'. Can you explain this answer?

Rhea Reddy answered
Chlorophyll is a pigment that gives plants their green color, and it helps plants create their own food through photosynthesis.

The main purpose of plant's flowers is:
  • a)
    provide support
  • b)
    provide water
  • c)
    produce seeds
  • d)
    produce food
Correct answer is option 'C'. Can you explain this answer?

Anjali Gupta answered
Produce seeds because when the fertility completes it's process it mostly became a fruit and in that fruit there is seeds of that plant.

The tiny pores present on the leaves of plants are called:
  • a)
    stomata
  • b)
    cells
  • c)
    chlorophyll
  • d)
    grains
Correct answer is option 'A'. Can you explain this answer?

Anjali Gupta answered
Stomate, also called stoma, plural stomata or stomas, any of the microscopic openings or pores in the epidermis of leaves and young stems.

Which of the following are called food factories of the plant?
  • a)
    Leaves
  • b)
    Stem
  • c)
    Roots
  • d)
    Flowers
Correct answer is option 'A'. Can you explain this answer?

Anjali Gupta answered
  • The part of the plant which produces food is a leaf.
  • Leaves prepare food by a process called photosynthesis.
  • In this process, food is produced by utilizing water and carbon dioxide in the presence of sunlight.
Therefore, leaves are called the food factories of the plants.

Plants get carbon dioxide from the;
  • a)
    soil
  • b)
    sand
  • c)
    leaves
  • d)
    air
Correct answer is option 'D'. Can you explain this answer?

Pranav Singh answered
  • Plants absorb carbon dioxide through small openings called stomata that are on the surface of the leaf.
  • If we zoom in on a plant leaf, so close that we can see the cells, we'll find tiny openings called stomata.

In carrot, what part of the plant stores food?
  • a)
    Leaves
  • b)
    Stem
  • c)
    Fruit
  • d)
    Root
Correct answer is option 'D'. Can you explain this answer?

Anjali Gupta answered
  • The carrot is a root vegetable, usually orange in colour, though purple, black, red, white, and yellow cultivars exist.
  • It is a modified root, for storage.


The mushroom shown above gets its food:
  • a)
    from dead and decaying plants
  • b)
    from photosynthesis
  • c)
    by eating small insects which come near it
  • d)
    from the water we pour near it
Correct answer is option 'A'. Can you explain this answer?

Pranav Singh answered
  • Mushroom is a non-green plant. Non-green plants do not have chlorophyll and cannot prepare food.
  • Mushrooms obtain their food from dead and decaying plants and animals.

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