Question:
What are unisexual and bisexual flowers?
Answer:
Unisexual flower has either male (stamen) or female (pistil) parts.
Bisexual flowers have both male and female whorl in the flowers, i.e., they have both stamen and pistil.
Getting to Know Plants
Q 2.
Name a plant that eats insect.
Q 3.
What are petals? Why are they generally coloured?
Q 4.
Name the part of the plant which produces its food. Name this process.
Q 5.
What are lateral roots?
Q 6.
What are herbs? Give two examples.
Q 7.
What is the relation between leaf venation and the type of roots?
Q 9.
What is leaf venation?
Q 10.
Where does the photosynthesis take place in plants?
Q 11.
Does the stem prepare food for any plant?
Q 12.
How can one destarch the leaves of potted plant without plucking, them?
Q 13.
Name two plants that belong to herbs.
Q 14.
Give two examples of shrubs.
Q 15.
Name the process by which leaves can prepare their food.
Q 16.
Name the part of the plant which produces its food. Name this process.
Q 18.
Classify plants and give an example of each.
Q 19.
Pitcher plant has green leaves which can prepare food by photosynthesis then why does it eat insects?
Q 20.
Explain that sunlight is essential for photosynthesis.
Q 21.
What is the function of a stem in a plant?
Q 23.
What are trees? Give two examples.
Q 24.
Why does white flowers bloom at night?
Q 25.
Leaves need oxygen and carbon-dioxide (for photosynthesis). How do they get these gases?
Q 26.
Are all the plants same in size?
Q 27.
Where does the photosynthesis take place in plants?
Q 29.
What are shrubs? Give two examples.
Q 30.
Which of the following leaves have reticulate venation?
Wheat, tulsi, maize, grass, coriander (dhania), china rose.
Q 31.
What is transpiration?
Q 32.
What are the raw materials for photosynthesis?
Q 33.
Give names of two plants which have tap root.
Q 34.
Name a plant that has underground as well as aerial (above the ground) root system.
Q 35.
What are fibrous roots?
Q 36.
Does the stem prepare food for any plant?
Q 37.
What do you mean by a complete and incomplete flower?
Q 38.
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 39.
If a plant has fibrous root, what type of venation are its leaves likely to have?
Q 40.
If a plant has leaves with reticulate venation, what kind of roots will it have?
Q 42.
Why are petals colourful?
Q 43.
Is it possible for you to recognise the leaves without seeing them? How?
Q 44.
Give two examples of trees.
Q 46.
Name the various parts of pistil.
Q 48.
Name various parts of stamen.
Q 49.
What are the major parts of plants?
Q 50.
How many kinds of plants are there?
