STEM

Water moves up in the stem and goes to which part of plant?

• A) Stem

• B) Leaves

• C) Flowers

• D) Plant parts attached to stem

Ginger shows brown scale like leaves on it. The part of ginger that we use in cooking is actually a _______

• A) stem

• B) root

• C) leaf

• D) fruit

A cactus plant grows in desert and its leaves are modified into spines. So, which part of cactus then performs photosynthesis?

• A) Roots

• B) Stem

• C) Spines

• D) Flowers

Which of the following statement (s) is/are correct?

• A) Stems absorb water and minerals from the soil.

• B) Stems conduct water from roots to the leaves.

• C) Stems conduct food from roots to various parts of plant.

• D) All the above.

DIRECTIONS: The questions in this segment consists of two statements, one labelled as "assertion and the other labelled as "reason You are to examine these two statements carefully and decide if the assertion A and reason R are individually true and if so, whether the reason is a correct explanation of the assertion. Select your answers to these items using codes given below. Assertion (A): The minerals dissolved in water move up in stem along with water. Reason (R): The stem bears leaves, flowers and fruits.

• A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.

• B) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A

• C) A is true but R is false.

• D) A is false but R is true.

Identify the odd set.

• potato, ginger, garlic

• garlic, asparagus, bamboo

• banana, turnip, garlic

• ginger, onion, celery

The part of the stem in between two successive nodes is ---

• a) Pistil

• b) Root

• c) Node

• d) Internodes

15) ------- bud helps in length wise growth of the plant.

• a) Apical

• b) Axillary

• c) Normal

• d) Both a & b

Look at the plant and identify the sub aerial modification of its stem.

• Runner

• Stolon

• Offset

• Sucker

Why do some plants have prickles on its stem ?

• To store food

• To preserve water

• To live long

• To protect from grazing animal