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Life in water - class-VI

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Root system in hydrophytes is 

  1. Fully Developed

  2. Partially Developed

  3. Absent

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Because hydrophtes are supported by water rather than by roots and stem structures, most hydrophtes as a result have roots that are small and feathery. These are designed to take in oxygen from the water, and since the plant is fully submersed in water at all times, there is less need for a long and thick root structure. One plant that has a feathery root is the Salvinia Molesta, which is a free-floating aquatic fern.


So, the correct option is 'Partially developed'.

Fixation of $CO _2$ into organic acids during night is a characteristic feature of?

  1. Hydrophytes

  2. Desert succulents

  3. Tropical grasses

  4. Mesophytes


Correct Option: A

What are examples of detrivores?

  1. Bacteria, Soilmites, worms and fungi

  2. Planktons

  3. Plants Animals

  4. Omnivores


Correct Option: A

Water lily is a/an 

  1. Algae

  2. Mesophyte

  3. Fern

  4. Hydrophyte


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Often found on floating plants, many hydrophytes have air sacs that help the plant float on the surface of the water. The water chestnut is one example, which includes a beautiful cluster of green leaves with white flowers, attached to a fine root system. It is important to note that some aquatic plants will float slightly submerged in the water, such as the buttercup. Others, such as water lilies, will float up on top of the surface since their leaves distribute the weight across the surface of the water. 

Therefore, the correct answer is option D.

An example of a plant that lives in water is 

  1. Opuntia

  2. Hydrilla

  3. Touch-me-not

  4. Calotropis


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Hydrilla is a genus of aquatic plant, usually treated as containing just one species, Hydrilla verticillata, though some botanists divide it into several species. Opuntia, touch me not and Calotropis lives on land. Thus, option B is correct and other options are wrong.

Aquatic ecosystem covers how much of the earth's surface?

  1. 87%

  2. 23%

  3. 72%

  4. 49%


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

About 72% of the land on the Earth is a part of the oceans. This water of the oceans, rivers, lakes and ponds contribute to the aquatic ecosystem. So, about 72% of the Earth's surface is covered under the aquatic form of ecosystems. There are two types of aquatic ecosystem, freshwater and marine ecosystem. 

Thus, the correct answer is option C. 

Algae $\rightarrow$ .......... $\rightarrow$ Small fish $\rightarrow$ Big fish $\rightarrow$Bird

  1. Small animals

  2. Big animals

  3. Bacteria

  4. Sunlight


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

In a freshwater aquatic ecosystem like a pond, the organisms in the food chain include algae, small animals, insects and their larvae, small fish, big fish and a fish-eating bird or animal.

So, the correct answer is 'small animals'

Hydrophytes are 

  1. The plants which need more amount of water

  2. The plants which need less amount of water

  3. The plants which grow in water

  4. The plants which do not absorb water


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Aquatic plants are plants that have adapted to living in aquatic environments (saltwater or freshwater). They are also referred to as hydrophytes or macrophytes. These plants require special adaptations for living submerged in water, or at the water's surface. The most common adaptation is aerenchyma, but floating leaves and finely dissected leaves are also common. Aquatic plants can only grow in water or in soil that is permanently saturated with water. They are therefore, a common component of wetlands. 

Therefore, the correct answer is option C.

Which of the following is not a hydrophytic adaptation?

  1. waxy layer

  2. Fleshy leaves

  3. Poorly developed xylem

  4. All


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Succulent plants stores water in their stems, fleshy leaves, such as the aloe.

So fleshy leaves are not a hydrophytic adaptation.
So, the correct answer is 'fleshy leaves'

Which one of the following has the largest floating leaves?

  1. Banana

  2. Victoria

  3. Nelumbo

  4. Date Palm


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Victoria amazonica is commonly known as Giant Water Lily. They have the lagest floating leaves. They have large floating leaves, up to 3 meter in diameter. The leaves float on the surface of water on a submerged stalk.

Thus, the correct answer is 'Victoria.'

Phycology is the study of

  1. Plants

  2. Virus

  3. Algae

  4. Bacteria


Correct Option: A

In submerged hydrophytes, the stems are extremely weak due to

  1. Absence of phloem

  2. Absence of xylem

  3. Presence of aerenchyma

  4. Poor development of xylem and mechanical tissue


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

In submerged hydrophytes, the entire plant body is involved in the absorption of water and these plants not experiences much stress or pressure internally. So in these plants, xylem and mechanical tissues are poorly developed.

So, the correct option is ‘Poor development of xylem and mechanical tissues’.

Finely dissected leaves occur in

  1. Free floating plants

  2. Rooted floating leaved plants

  3. Submerged plants

  4. Emerged plants


Correct Option: C
Explanation:
Finely dissected leaves occur in submerged plants. In submerged plants, the leaves are finely dissected till the midrib. This dissection gives a feather-like appearance. In this, only the stalk of flower remains above the water and rest of the plant is submerged.
Thus, the correct answer is 'Submerged plants.'

Which do not have stomata?

  1. Submerged hydrophytes

  2. Hygrophytes

  3. Mesophytes

  4. Xerophytes


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

A.Submerged hydrophytes – plants grow completely in the water, stomata are absent.

B.Hygrophytes – plants grow in wet conditions, stomata are present.

C.Mesophytes – plants grow in average climatic conditions. Stomata are present.

D.Xerophytes – plants grow in dry or arid conditions, sunken stomata are present.

So, the correct option is ‘submerged hydrophytes’.

Which of the following is considered to be the main adaptation for hydrophytes?

  1. Large leaves

  2. Presence of aerenchyma

  3. Weak root system

  4. Roots with root pocket


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

In hydrophytes or aquatic plants, large intercellular air spaces are developed extensively in the parenchyma so as to form a connected system throughout the plant. Such a modified parenchymatous tissue is called aerenchyma. It provides buoyancy to the plants and helps in gaseous exchange also. Thus the correct answer is option B.

________ seed in which reserve food is present in the perisperm.

  1. Nymphaea

  2. Coconut

  3. Onion

  4. Litchi


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

A. Nymphaea- Reserve food material in perisperm (Persistant nucellus). Perisperm occurs in the seeds of black pepper, coffee, castor, cardamom, Nymphaea. It is diploid.

B. Coconut- Reserve food material in endosperm.

C. Onion- Reserve food material in endosperm

D. Litchi- Reserve food material in cotyledons.

So, the correct answer is 'Nymphaea'.

Stem of submerged hydrophytes is soft and weak, because of

  1. Absence of phloem

  2. Absence of stomata

  3. Absence of xylem

  4. Feebly developed supporting tissue and xylem


Correct Option: D

Submerged hydrophytes have a well developed

  1. Vascular system

  2. Aerenchyma

  3. Root system

  4. Stomatal system


Correct Option: B

Eichhornia crassipes is

  1. Xerophyte

  2. Hydrophyte

  3. Mesophyte

  4. Parasite


Correct Option: B

Which one is partially submerged and fixed in the mud?

  1. Marsilea

  2. Cyperus

  3. Eichhornia

  4. Typha


Correct Option: D

Among hydrophytes, finely dissected leaves occur in

  1. Rooted floating leaved plants

  2. Submerged plants

  3. Emerged plants

  4. Free floating plants


Correct Option: B

In submerged hydrophytes, the stomata occur

  1. On lower surface

  2. On the upper surface

  3. No where

  4. On both the surfaces


Correct Option: C

Mechanical tissue is undeveloped in 

  1. Xerophytes

  2. Hydrophytes

  3. Halophytes

  4. Mesophytes


Correct Option: B

A characteristic feature of hydrophytes is

  1. Aerenchyma

  2. Well developed phloem

  3. Floating leaves

  4. Submerged leaves


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Aerenchyma is a spongy tissue that forms spaces or air channels in the leaves, stems and roots of submerged and aquatic plants. The floating leaves are there due to this feature of aerenchyma only. The aquatic plants or hydrophytes do not have submerged leaves or a well developed phloem, So the correct answer is 'Aerenchyma.'

Waxy coating on the surface of floating leaves prevents

  1. Respiration

  2. Photosynthesis

  3. Clogging of stomata

  4. Transpiration


Correct Option: C

Submerged hydrophytes exchange gases through

  1. Stomata

  2. Hydathodes

  3. Lenticels

  4. General surface


Correct Option: D

Hydrophyte with both hydrophytic and xerophytic traits is

  1. Agave

  2. Nerium

  3. Vallisneria

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: D

Root cap is absent in

  1. Halophytes

  2. Hydrophytes

  3. Xerophytes

  4. Homophytes


Correct Option: B

One of the following is not true for hydrophytes _____________.

  1. Vessels are usually absent

  2. Cuticle is poorly developed

  3. Tracheids are absent

  4. Air chambers are well developed


Correct Option: C

Root system is poorly developed in

  1. Hyphaene

  2. Hydrilla

  3. Halophytes

  4. Hygrophytes


Correct Option: B

Characteristic of hydrophytes is

  1. Poorly developed roots

  2. Well developed roots

  3. Well developed xylem

  4. Stem with sclerenchyma


Correct Option: A

Submerged hydrophytes have commonly dissected leaves for

  1. Decreasing surface area

  2. Increasing surface area

  3. Reducing effect of water currents

  4. Increasing number of stomata


Correct Option: C

Hydrilla is

  1. Phytoplankton

  2. Floating hydrophyte

  3. Submerged hydrophyte

  4. Amphibian


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Hydrophytes are aquatic plants that live in water and are evolutionarily suited to thrive in aquatic environments. Hydrilla, also called waterthyme is a submerged hydrophyte, which is a troublesome aquatic weed at many places.

Which one of the following is a hydrophyte?

  1. Atistida

  2. Certophyllum

  3. Carthamus

  4. Pedilanthus


Correct Option: A

Select the correct answers for P and Q :
P. Many organs of aquatic plants float in water
Q. Large air gaps occur in the collenchymatous tissue.

  1. Q is correct, P is wrong

  2. P is correct, Q is wrong

  3. Both P and Q are correct

  4. Both P and Q are wrong


Correct Option: B

Large sized rooted plants founds in shallow waters are called 

  1. Macrophytes

  2. Microphytes

  3. Phagophytes

  4. Saprophytes


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The plants which can live only in water are called hydrophytes. Among these hydrophytes, there are different sizes and classification based on them. The large sized hydrophytes are called macrophytes. As macro suggests large size.

So, option A is the correct answer.

Identify the correct pair of combinations :


(i) Vallisneria - Long stalked female flowers - Hydrophily
(ii) Tribulus - Annual - Root succulent
(iii) Hydrilla - Submerged rooted hydrophyte -  Aerenchyma
(iv) Casuarine - Perennial - Phylloclades.

  1. iii, iv

  2. ii, iii

  3. i, iv

  4. i, iii


Correct Option: C

Who divided plants into hydrophytes, xerophytes and mesophytes?

  1. Shantz

  2. Warming

  3. Clements

  4. Odum


Correct Option: A

Plants growing on damp (shady) places are ______________.

  1. Hydrophytes

  2. Hygrophytes

  3. Mesophytes

  4. Phreatophytes


Correct Option: A

Which one of the following hydrophytes has its roots fixed in mud and leaves floating on water?

  1. Ceratophyllum

  2. Najas

  3. Trapa

  4. Utricularia


Correct Option: A

Reduction in vascular tissue, mechanical tissue and cuticle is characteristic of :

  1. Hydrophytes

  2. Xerophytes

  3. Mesophytes

  4. Epiphytes


Correct Option: A

State whether the following statements are true or false.
Streamlined body of fish is suited for active locomotion in water because it offers little or no resistance in swimming.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The body of the fish is supported by endoskeleton made up of bones. Fish possess a streamlined body which helps them to swim in water. Fish swim with the help of their fins. Streamlined body helps in orientation of the fish movement in a particular path.

So the given statement is true.

Consider the following plants.
a. Isoeles
b. Marsilea
c. Sagittaria
d. Salvinia
Which of the above are hydrophytes?

  1. $1$ and $2$

  2. $2, 3$ and $4$

  3. $1$ and $3$

  4. $1, 2, 3$ and $4$


Correct Option: A

In an aquatic ecosystem, the depth to which light penetrates is called

  1. aphotic

  2. photic

  3. euphotic

  4. nonphotic


Correct Option: B

Two species of Amoeba X & Y were kept in fresh water & got adapted. Species developed contractile vacuole. When both were transferred to sea water and got adapted, both X and Y lost their contractile vacuole. From these observation were concluded that.

  1. Both X & Y are marine species

  2. Species Y is marine & X is fresh water

  3. Species X is marine & Y is fresh water

  4. Both X & Y are fresh water species


Correct Option: A
Explanation:
The contractile vacuole eliminates excess water which enters the cell by osmosis. Because of the hypotonic nature fresh water continuously transfers into amoeba by osmosis. To avoid this, they develop contractile vacuoles. Marine amoeba is isotonic in water and they do not have contractile vacuoles. Both X and Y species are marine species. That’s why they developed contractile vacuoles when they kept in freshwater. But they lost their contractile vacuoles when transferred to seawater. There is already hypertonic environment in seawater to control water loss by themselves. 

Hence, the correct answer is option A.

Phosphorous usually becomes a limiting factor at certain times of the year in which ecosystem? 

  1. Aquatic ecosystem

  2. Grassland ecosystem

  3. Forest ecosystem

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Generally, phosphorus is the limiting nutrient in freshwater aquatic systems. That is, if all phosphorus is used, plant growth will cease, no matter how much nitrogen is available. Phosphorus functions as the growth-limiting factor because it is usually present in very low concentrations. The natural scarcity of phosphorus can be explained by its attraction to organic matter and soil particles. Any unattached or free phosphorus is quickly removed from the aquatic system by algae and larger aquatic plants. Excessive concentrations of phosphoruscan quickly cause extensive growth of aquatic plants and algal blooms. Several detrimental consequences may result. Excessive algae and plant growth can lead to depletion of the oxygen, that is dissolved in the water. 

Standing water 'ecosystem' is known as

  1. Running water ecosystem

  2. Lentic aquatic ecosystem

  3. Lotic ecosystem

  4. Lakes ecosystem


Correct Option: B

Root cap is absent in 

  1. Mesophytes

  2. Hydrophyte

  3. Epiphytes

  4. Xerophytes


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Root cap is present at the tip of the root and it contains meristematic cells which divide and increase the length of the root.
Mesophytes are terrestrial plants. Therefore, root cap is essential in mesophytic plants.
Epiphytes are plant which grows upon another plant or any object. They require physical support for the growth. Such plants also possess roots which anchor the plant to another plant or object.
Xerophytes are terrestrial plants which have adapted to survive in an environment with little water. Hence, roots are necessary for xerophytes. 
Hydrophytes grow in water. Hydrophytes have plenty of water hence, the root system takes secondary importance. Therefore, root cap is absent in hydrophytes. 
Therefore, the correct answer is 'Hydrophyte'.

A continuous system of air passages from aerial leaves to anchored roots is found in

  1. Submerged hydrophytes

  2. Floating hydrophytes

  3. Emergent hydrophytes

  4. Suspended hydrophytes


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

A continuous system of air passages from leaves to roots is found in emergent hydrophytes because these are the type of plants that keep themselves up from the top of water and these air passages provide buoyancy to it. submerged plants are sinked in water, floating plants are there on the surface of water. suspended hydrophyte are the plants that are just below the surface of water. So the correct answer is ' Emergent hydrophytes '. 

Petioles are inflated in floating hydrophytes 

  1. Wolffia

  2. Eichhornia

  3. Salvinia

  4. Ceratophyllum


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The petiole is the stalk that attaches the leaf blade to the stem. Water hyacinth leaves in natural populations vary from being long and thin‐petioled to being short with inflated petioles. water hyacinth is a floating hydrophyte that has an inflated petiole which helps in keeping it on top of the water level thus allowing it not to sink. So the correct answer is ' Eichhornia or water hyacinth. '

A rooted floating leaved hydrophyte is

  1. Nymphaea

  2. Hydrilla

  3. Ceratophyllum

  4. Eichhornia


Correct Option: A
Explanation:
Rooted Hydrophytes with Floating Leaves:
The roots of these type of hydrophytes are fixed in mud, but leaves have long
petioles which keep them floating on the water surface. Except leaves, the restof the plant body remains in water. Some examples are Nelumbo nucifera,
Nymphaea stellate (water lily), Trapa, Marsilea. 
So the correct answer is 'Nymphaea'. 

Which of the following is incorrect?

  1. Herbarium houses dried, pressed and preserved plant specimens.

  2. John Ray developed key for the identification of animals.

  3. The category division is used instead of phylum in case of plants which comprises of fewer similar features.

  4. The set of methods used in classification based on evolutionary relationship is called phenetics.


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The statement- the set of methods used in classification based on evolutionary relationship is called phenetics is wrong.

Phenetics is an attempt to classify organisms based an overall similarity usually in morphology or other observable traits regardless of their phylogeny of evolutionary relation.

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