Question:
What are sepals? What are their functions?
Answer:
The small green coloured leaf-life structures are called sepals. It protects flower when it is in stage of bud.
Getting to Know Plants
Q 1.
Name the female part of a flower. Write names of its parts and draw a diagram.
Q 2.
Write the names of the parts of a flower in sequence, from outside to inside.
Q 3.
Why do we see dew drops on leaves in the early morning?
Q 4.
List few plants found around your house.
Q 6.
Name the part of plant which helps in holding the plant in the soil.
Q 7.
Why does white flowers bloom at night?
Q 9.
What are trees? Give two examples.
Q 10.
What is the function of a stem in a plant?
Q 11.
What are unisexual and bisexual flowers?
Q 12.
Name the process by which leaves can prepare their food.
Q 13.
Explain an activity to show that stem conducts water and other substances.
Q 14.
Name a plant that eats insect.
Q 15.
What is transpiration?
Q 16.
Name the prominent parts of a flower.
Q 17.
What do you mean by a complete and incomplete flower?
Q 18.
In which part of a flower you are likely to find the ovary?
Q 20.
What are tap roots?
Q 22.
Name two flowers, each with joined and separates sepals.
Q 23.
Where does the photosynthesis take place in plants?
Q 24.
What are creepers? Write an example.
Q 25.
What is the relation between leaf venation and the type of roots?
Q 26.
Explain that sunlight is essential for photosynthesis.
Q 27.
Name the part of the plant which produces its food. Name this process.
Q 28.
Are all the plants same in size?
Q 29.
Name two plants that belong to herbs.
Q 30.
Name the types of roots shown in the Fig. 7.7.
Q 31.
Give names of two plants which have tap root.
Q 32.
What are herbs? Give two examples.
Q 33.
Leaves need oxygen and carbon-dioxide (for photosynthesis). How do they get these gases?
Q 34.
Explain an activity to test the presence of starch in a leaf.
Q 35.
How many kinds of plants are there?
Q 36.
What are lateral roots?
Q 37.
What are petals? Why are they generally coloured?
Q 39.
Name the various parts of pistil.
Q 40.
Classify plants and give an example of each.
Q 41.
How can one destarch the leaves of potted plant without plucking, them?
Q 42.
Correct the following statements and rewrite them in your notebook.
(a) Stem absorbs water and minerals from the soil.
(b) Leaves hold the plant upright.
(c) Roots conduct water to the leaves.
(d) The number of sepals and petals in a flower is always equal.
(e) If the sepals of a flower are joined together, its petals are also joined together,
(f) If the petals of a flower are joined together, then the pistil is joined to the petal.
Q 43.
Name the part of the plant which produces its food. Name this process.
Q 44.
What is leaf venation?
Q 45.
How many types of leaf venation are there?
Q 46.
Name two plants which have fibrous root.
Q 47.
Does the stem prepare food for any plant?
Q 49.
What are shrubs? Give two examples.
Q 50.
Why are petals colourful?
