Solution of Chapter 7. Getting to Know Plants (NCERT - Science Book)

Correct the following statements and rewrite them in your notebook:

(a) Stem absorbs water and minerals from the soil.

(b) Leaves hold the plant upright.

(c) Roots conduct water to the leaves.

(d) The number of petals and sepals in a flower is always equal.

(e) If the sepals of a flower are joined together, its petals are also joined together.

(f) If the petals of a flower are joined together, then the pistil is joined to the petal.

Draw (a) a leaf, (b) a taproot and (c) a flower, you have studied for below table.

Can you find a plant in your house or in your neighbourhood, which has a long but a weak stem? Write its name. In which category would you classify it?

What is the function of a stem in a plant?

Which of the following leaves have reticulate venation?

Wheat, tulsi, maize, grass, coriander (dhania), China rose.

If a plant has fibrous root, what type of venation do its leaves likely to have?

If a plant has leaves with reticulate venation, what kind of roots will have it?

Is it possible for you to recognize the leaves without seeing them? How?

Write the names of the parts of a flower.

Which of the following plants have you seen? Of these that you have seen, which ones have flowers?

Grass, maize, wheat, chilli, tomato, tulsi, papal, shisham, banyan, mango, jamun, guava, pomegranate, papaya, banana, lemon, sugarcane, potato, groundnut.

Name the part of the plant which produces its food. Name this process.

In which part of a flower, you are likely to find the ovary?

Name two flowers, each with joined and separated sepals.