Biology

Morphology of Flowering Plants

Question:

Reticulate venation is found in dicot leaves while in monocot leaves venation is of parallel type. Biology being a 'Science of exceptions', find out any exception to this generalization.

Answer:

Smilax and Dioscorea are monocots having reticulate venation. Calophyllum and Eryngium are dicots having parallel venation.

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Morphology of Flowering Plants

Q 1.

Reticulate and parallel venation are characteristic of_______and_______

Q 2.

In aquatic plants like Pistia and Eichhomia, leaves and roots are found near

Q 3.

In aquatic plants like Pistia and Eichhornia, leaves and roots are found near_______

Q 4.

Roots obtain oxygen from air in the soil for respiration. In the absence or deficiency of 02, root growth is restricted or com pletely stopped. How do the plants growing in marshlands or swamps obtain their 02 required for root respiration?

Q 5.

Mango and coconut are ‘drupe’ type of fruits. In mango fleshy mesocarp is edible. What is the edible part of coconut? What does milk of tender coconut represent?

Q 6.

In swampy areas like the Sunderbans in West Bengal, plants bear special kind of roots called __________ .

Q 7.

Sunflower is not a flower. Explain.

Q 8.

Tendrils are found in the following plants. Identify whether they are stem tendrils or leaf tendrils,
a.Cucumber
b. Peas
c. Pumpkins  
. Grapevine
e. Watermelons

Q 9.

Why is maize grain usually called as a fruit and not a seed?

Q 10.

Add the missing floral organs of the given floral formula of Fabaceae. ncrt-exemplar-class-11-biology-solutions-morphology-of-flowering-plants-2 (2)

Q 11.

In epigynous flower, ovary is situated below the _______

Q 12.

Seeds of some plants germinate immediately after shedding from the plants while in other plants they require a period of rest before germination. The later phenomena is called as dormancy. Give the reasons for seed dormancy and some methods to break it.

Q 13.

Reticulate venation is found in dicot leaves while in monocot leaves venation is of parallel type. Biology being a ‘Science of exceptions’, find out any exception to this generalisation.

Q 14.

Mango and coconut are ‘drupe’ type of fruits. In mango fleshy mesocarp is edible. What is the edible part of coconut? What does milk of tender coconut represent?

Q 15.

Which parts in ginger and onion are edible?

Q 16.

Match the followings and choose the correct option.

Group A

Group B

A.

Aleurone layer (i)

Without fertilization

B.

Parthenocarpic fruit (ii)

Nutrition

C.

Ovule (iii)

Double fertilization

D.

Endosperm

(iv)

Seed

Options:

  • A—(i), B—(ii), C—(iii), D—(iv)
  • A—(ii), B—(i), C—(iv), D—(iii)
  • A—(iv), B—(ii), C—(i), D—(iii)
  • A—(ii), B—(iv), C—(i), D—(iii)

Q 17.

Which parts in ginger and onion are edible?

Q 18.

The essential functions of roots are anchorage and absorption of water and minerals in the terrestrial plant. What functions are associated with the roots of aquatic plants? How are roots of aquatic plants and terrestrial plants different?

Q 19.

Reticulate venation is found in dicot leaves while in monocot leaves venation is of parallel type. Biology being a 'Science of exceptions', find out any exception to this generalization.

Q 20.

The essential functions of roots are anchorage and absorption of water and minerals in the terrestrial plant. What functions are associated with the roots of aquatic plants. How are roots of aquatic plants and terrestrial plants different?

Q 21.

Why is maize grain usually called as a fruit and not a seed?

Q 22.

Rhizome of ginger is like the roots of other plants that grows underground. Despite this fact ginger is a stem and not a root. Justify.

Q 23.

Write floral formula for a flower which, is bisexual; actinoiflorphic; sepals five, twisted aestivation, petals five; valvate aestivation; stamens six; ovary tricarpellary, syncarpous, superior, trilocular with axile placentation.

Q 24.

How can you differentiate between free central and axile placentation?

Q 25.

Given below are a few floral formulae of some well known plants. Draw floral diagrams from these formulae.

Q 26.

Mango and coconut are ˜drupe' type of fruits. In mango fleshy mesocarp is edible. What is the edible part of coconut? What does milk of tender coconut represent?

Q 27.

Stolon, offset and rhizome are different forms of stem modifications. How can these modified forms of stem be distinguished from each other?

Q 28.

Sunflower is not a flower. Explain.

Q 29.

In swampy areas like the Sunderbans in West Bengal, plants bear special kind of roots called _______

Q 30.

Roots obtain oxygen from air in the soil for respiration. In the absence or deficiency of 02, root growth is restricted or completely stopped. How do the plants growing in marshlands or swamps obtain their 02 required for root respiration?

Q 31.

In Opuntia the stem is modified into a flattened green structure to perform the function of leaves (i.e., photosynthesis). Cite some other examples of modifications of plant parts for the purpose of photosynthesis.

Q 32.

Write the floral formula of an actinomorphic, bisexual, hypogynous flower with five united sepals, five free petals, five free stamens and two united carples with superior ovary and axile placentation.

Q 33.

Tendrils are found in the following plants. Identify whether they are stem tendrils or leaf tendrils.
(a) Cucumber
(b) Peas
(c) Pumpkins
(d) Grapevine
(e) Watermelons

Q 34.

Add the missing floral organs of the given floral formula of Fabaceae.

Q 35.

You have heard about several insectivorous plants that feed on insects. Nepenthes or the pitcher plant is one such example, which usually grows in shallow water or in marsh lands. What part of the plant is modified into a 'pitcher'? How does this modification help the plant for food even though it can photosynthesize like any other green plant?

Q 36.

Given below are a few floral formulae of some well known plants. Draw floral diagrams from these formula.
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Q 37.

Reticulate and parallel venation are characteristic of ________ and ______ respectively.

Q 38.

How do you distinguish between hypogeal germination and epigeal germination? What is the role of cotyledon (s) and the endosperm in the germination of seeds?

Q 39.

Write floral formula for a flower which, is bisexual; actinomorphic; sepals five, twisted aestivation, petals five; valvate aestivation; stamens six; ovary tricarpellary, syncarpous, superior, trilocular with axile placentation.

Q 40.

Give two examples of roots that develop from . different parts of the angiospermic plant other than the radicle.

Q 41.

In epigynous flower, ovary is situated below the _________.

Q 42.

Describe modifications of stem with suitable examples.

Q 43.

Draw diagrams of a typical monocot and dicot leaves.to show their venation pattern.

Q 44.

A typical angiosperm flower consists of four floral parts. Give the names of the floral parts and their arrangements sequentially.

Q 45.

How can you differentiate between free central and axile placentation?

Q 46.

You have heard about several insectivorous plants that feed on insects. Nepenthes or the pitcher plant is one such example, which usually grows in shallow water or in marsh lands. What part of the plant is modified into a 'pitcher'? How does this modification help the plant for food even though it can photosynthesize like any other green plant?

Q 47.

Differerifiate between.
a. Bract and Bracteole
b. Pulvinus and petiole
c. Pedicel and peduncle
d. Spike and spadix
e. Stamen and staminoide
f. Pollen and pollenium

Q 48.

The arrangements of ovules within the ovary is known as placentation. What does the term placenta refer to? Name and draw various types of placentations in the flower as seen in T.S. or V.S.

Q 49.

Rearrange the following zones as seen in the root in vertical section and choose the correct option.
A. Root hair zone
B. Zone of meristems
C. Rootcapzone
D. Zone of maturation
E. Zone of elongation
(a) C, B, E, A, D (b) A,B,C,D,E
(c) D, E, A, C, B (d) E, D, C, B, A

Q 50.

What is meant by modification of root? What type of modification of root is found in the:
(a) Banyan tree
(b) Turnip
(c) Mangrove trees