Nutrition in Plants Worksheet-1

Nutrition in Plants Worksheet-1

1. Which of the parasitic plant can cause heavy damage to economically important plants?

(a) Mistletoe

(b) Dodder

(c) Rafflesia

2. Following is not an insectivore’s plant.

(a) Venus flytrap

(b) Drosera 

(c) cuscuta

(d) bladderwort

3. Which of the following is not present in manure?

(a) Nitrogen

(b) Potassium

(c) Phosphorus

(d) sodium

4. In which region do saprophytic plants grow?

(a) Tropical forest

(b) Rain forest

(c) Dense forest

(d) Wet forest

5. Lichens acts as an associates between a fungus and which microscopic plant?

(a) Red algae

(b) Green algae

(c) mushroom

6. Match The Following

          Column – I          -   Column – II

A. Parasitic plants            -  P. bladderwort

B. Saprophytic plants      -  Q. mistletoe

C. Insectivorous plants    -  R. lichen

D. Symbiotic plants          -  S. Indian Pipe

7. Match The Following 

Column – I           -    Column – II

A. Fungus                 -   P.

B. Mushroom           -  Q.

C. Green algae         -  R.

D. Bacteria               -  S. 

True or False.

8. Chloroplast traps the light energy to make energy-carrying particles.

9. Mistletoe has leathery, green leaves, and so they can make their own food.

10. Any substance that can be broken down through chemical processes in the body of an organism to give energy is called nutrition.

11. Mushrooms and toadstools are the most common examples of fungi.

12. Green plants are heterotrophic and manufacture their own food through the process of photosynthesis.

13. Each stoma is bounded by three- half-moon-shaped guard cells.

Answer Key:

1. (b)
2. (c)
3. (d)
4. (a)
5. (b)
6. A-Q; B-S; C-P; D-R
7. A-R; B-S; C-Q; D-P
8. False
9. True
10. False
11. True
12. False
13. False