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Question
The process of carrying food from the leaves to other parts of a plant is called:
Options
Transpiration
Transportation
Translocation
Transformation
Solution
Translocation
The process of carrying food from the leaves to other parts of a plant is called translocation.
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Crossword Puzzle
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1. Special tubes through which food material is carried inside the plants body.
3. Channel through which movement of water and minerals occurs.
4. Red coloured fluid inside blood vessels.
5. Loss of water in vapour from the leaves.
9. Four chambered organ located in the chest cavity.
10. Blood vessels which bring blood into the heart. DOWN
2. Red coloured pigment which is a carrier of oxygen.
6. Blood vessels which carry blood from the heart.
7. Blood cells which help in clotting of blood.
8. Process by which water passes into the root hair.
Match the following.
| 1. Symplastic pathway | (a) Leaf |
| 2. Transpiration | (b) Plasmodesmata |
| 3. Osmosis | (c) Pressure in xylem |
| 4. Root Pressure | (d) Pressure gradient |
When any dry plant material is kept in water, they swell up. Name and define the phenomenon involved in this change.
Assertion: Resins and gums are stored in old xylem tissue in plants.
Reason: Resins and gums facilitate transport of water molecules.
How do leaves of plants help in excretion?
