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Question
Which of the following statements are true and which ones are false? Give reason in support of your answer.
Some desert plants have sunked stomata on their leaves.
Options
True
False
Solution
True
Reason: Desert plants need to reduce transpiration as much as possible so as to survive in the hot and dry environment. Hence some of them have sunken stomata as an adaptation to curtail transpiration.
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