Chapter 1. Basic Concept to Understand Plants

Question 1

Paleontology is the study of:

Answer 1

fossils

Question 2

A plant growing in response to sunlight. (name of response stimuli)

Answer 2

Phototropism

Question 3

Roots of a plant growing down.

Answer 3

Geotropism

Question 4

All plants appear to have arisen from brown algae. (True/False)

Answer 4

false

Question 5

An era wherein conifers dominated .

Answer 5

Permian

Question 6

Based on life cycle, corns are classified as ___.

Answer 6

Annuals

Question 7

Which of the following is an adaptation of dessert plants?

Select one:
a. The leaves are very soft

b. The leaves are mouths and traps
c. The stem is thick and holds water
d. The leaves has air space inside

Answer 7

c. The stem is thick and holds water

Question 8

Plants give out water through the pores present on the lower side of their leaves. Plants living in deserts need to reduce the loss of water because water is very scarce in deserts. Which of the following is an adaptation developed by the desert plants to manage the above situation?

Select one:
a. They have lots of branches and leaves

b. They do not shed leaves in the summer
c. They develop roots which come above the ground
d. Their leaves are modified into spines
e. None of the given choices

Answer 8

d. Their leaves are modified into spines

Question 9

He laid the foundation for the chemical analysis of plant metabolism

Answer 9

Joseph Priestley

Question 10

He was considered as the ‘father of botany’

Answer 10

Theophrastus

Question 11

The science of naming the plant is known as

Answer 11

Taxonomy

Question 12

He was the writer of a five-volume book about herbal medicine and related medicinal substances including their pharmacologic use and cautionary notes.

Answer 12

Pedanios Dioscorides