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Cuticle in xerophytes acts as a barrier to evaporation and also the shiny surface reflects heat and so lowers temperature.

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  1. True

  2. False

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:
The aerial organs in xerophytes are covered, thick, waxy covering called cuticle. The cuticle cuts down water loss in two ways: it acts as a barrier to evaporation and also the shiny surface reflects heat and so lowers temperature.
So, the correct option is 'True'.

Find the correct match.

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  1. Halophyte - Wheat

  2. Xerophyte - Mustard

  3. Geophyte - Tomato

  4. Hydrophyte - Pistia

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Correct Option: D

The sun loving plants are referred to as

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  1. Halophytes

  2. Heliophytes

  3. Heterotrophs

  4. Sciophytes

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Correct Option: B

Green plants are absent in deep sea. Why?

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  1. Light is absent

  2. High pressure

  3. Low temperature

  4. Great depth

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Correct Option: A

Effect of $O _{3}$ in plants, involve:

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  1. Stomata burning

  2. Oxidizing burning

  3. Reduced survival

  4. All of above

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Correct Option: D

Most animals and plants can grow with pH, between

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  1. 4 and 9

  2. 5 and 9

  3. 6 and 9

  4. 7 and 9

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Correct Option: B

_________ plants have flattened leaf-like stems to carry out photosynthesis.

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  1. Prickly pear

  2. Potato

  3. A & B

  4. None of the above

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

In Opuntia (prickly pear), the stem is modified to a flattened green structure to perform the function of leaves. Leaf-like flattened modified stems are called phylloclades. 


So the correct option is "Prickly pear". 

Nitrates, phosphates and sulphates are plants

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  1. Disease

  2. Pollutants

  3. Nutrients

  4. Organic pollutants

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Correct Option: C

Naturally HCs found in atmosphere are produced from the

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  1. Plants

  2. Soil

  3. Lithosphere

  4. Crust

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Correct Option: A

The source of atmospheric oxygen is

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  1. Nitrogen cycle

  2. Green Plants

  3. Water

  4. Carbon Cycle

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Correct Option: B