Question:
What are herbs? Give two examples.
Answer:
The plants with green and tender stems are called herbs. They are usually short and may have no or less branches. For example, tomato, potato.
Getting to Know Plants
Q 1.
List few plants found around your house.
Q 2.
Name the female part of a flower. Write names of its parts and draw a diagram.
Q 3.
What are trees? Give two examples.
Q 4.
Why do we see dew drops on leaves in the early morning?
Q 5.
Write the names of the parts of a flower in sequence, from outside to inside.
Q 6.
Why does white flowers bloom at night?
Q 7.
What is the function of a stem in a plant?
Q 9.
Name the prominent parts of a flower.
Q 10.
What is transpiration?
Q 12.
Where does the photosynthesis take place in plants?
Q 14.
Name the part of plant which helps in holding the plant in the soil.
Q 15.
Why are petals colourful?
Q 16.
Name two flowers, each with joined and separates sepals.
Q 17.
What is leaf venation?
Q 18.
Name the process by which leaves can prepare their food.
Q 19.
What are sepals? What are their functions?
Q 20.
What are shrubs? Give two examples.
Q 21.
Name the various parts of pistil.
Q 22.
Classify plants and give an example of each.
Q 23.
Which of the following leaves have reticulate venation?
Wheat, tulsi, maize, grass, coriander (dhania), china rose.
Q 24.
Are all the plants same in size?
Q 26.
Give names of two plants which have tap root.
Q 27.
What are fibrous roots?
Q 29.
Name a plant that eats insect.
Q 30.
Explain that sunlight is essential for photosynthesis.
Q 31.
Can you find a plant in your house or in your neighbourhood which has a long but a weak stem? Write its name. In which category would you classify it?
Q 32.
Name two plants that belong to herbs.
Q 33.
What are unisexual and bisexual flowers?
Q 34.
Name a plant that has underground as well as aerial (above the ground) root system.
Q 35.
Leaves need oxygen and carbon-dioxide (for photosynthesis). How do they get these gases?
Q 36.
In which part of a flower you are likely to find the ovary?
Q 37.
Give two examples of shrubs.
Q 38.
Give two examples of trees.
Q 39.
Where does the photosynthesis take place in plants?
Q 40.
What are tap roots?
Q 41.
Explain the important functions of root.
Q 42.
What are the major parts of plants?
Q 43.
How many kinds of plants are there?
Q 44.
What are the raw materials for photosynthesis?
Q 45.
Does the stem prepare food for any plant?
Q 46.
What are petals? Why are they generally coloured?
Q 49.
Pitcher plant has green leaves which can prepare food by photosynthesis then why does it eat insects?
Q 50.
How can one destarch the leaves of potted plant without plucking, them?
