ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE OF BRYOPHYTES

Question 1

____________ ARE GENERALLY OF VERY LESS ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE.

Answer 1

BRYOPHYTES

Question 2

_______________ PROVIDE FOOD FOR HERBACEOUS ANIMALS AND BIRDS.

Answer 2

MOSSES

Question 3

MOSSES PREVENT _______________ AS THEY GROW IN TUFTS.

Answer 3

SOIL EROSION

Question 4

_______________AND_____________INITIATE ECOLOGICAL SUCCESSION AND HELPS IN SOIL FORMATION.

Answer 4

MOSSES AND LICHENS

Question 5

___________________IS WIDELY USED BY GARDENERS TO KEEP PLANT PARTS MOIST DURING TRANSPORTATION OR PROPAGATION.

Answer 5

SPHAGNUM(PEAT MOSS)

Question 6

PEAT MOSS CAN HOLD WATER___TO____TIMES IT’S ORIGINAL WEIGHT IN _______CELLS.

Answer 6

18 TO 26 TIMES;IN ITS HYALINE CELLS

Question 7

IN OLDEN TIMES_____________________ WAS USED AS GUAGE TO DRESS WOUNDS.

Answer 7

DRIED AND STERILIZED THALLUS OF SPHAGNUM

Question 8

_________________IS A DISTILLATE OF PEAT TAR IS EFFECTIVE AGAINST SKIN DISEASE.

Answer 8

SPHAGNOL

Question 9

PEAT IS USED FOR __________________

Answer 9

FUEL,MAKING ALCOHOL, AMMONIUM SULPHATE , TAR, TANNING MATERIAL, PARAFFIN AND DYE