ROOTS ( root types and modified roots)

Question 1

Arise on the nodes of weak stemmed plants

Answer 1

Clasping or climbing

Question 2

Shows apical dominance and develops from the radicle

Answer 2

Tap root

Question 4

These are supportive structures

Answer 4

Buttress roots

Question 5

Broad at the base, tapers gradually at the apex

Answer 5

Conical

Question 6

It arises from an organ other than the root

Answer 6

Adventitious roots

Question 6

Series of swing like swellings

Answer 6

Annulated

Question 7

Fine thread like roots

Answer 7

Fibrous

Question 8

Succulent roots

Answer 8

Fleshy

Question 9

Roots thickened in the middle and tapering at the ends

Answer 9

Fusiform

Question 10

These are horizontal or vertical, above ground roots

Answer 10

Knee or aerating

Question 11

Roots arising on the margin of leaf from adventitious buds

Answer 11

Leaf roots

Question 12

Certain intervals giving a beaded appearance

Answer 12

Moniliform

Question 13

Symbiotic relationship with fungal hyphae

Answer 13

Mycorrhizal

Question 14

Supportive roots which grow out from the bottom to the trunk into the ground

Answer 14

Prop or Stilt

Question 15

Root almost spherical at one end up

Answer 15

Napiform

Question 16

Root bearing a small knot

Answer 16

Nodulose

Question 17

Fleshy roots appearing like stem tubers

Answer 17

Tuberous or tubercular