Multiple Choice Questions

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Which of the following exhibits a direct porportionality to transpiration

  • Light and RH

  • Temperature and RH

  • Temperature and wind

  • RH and wind


C.

Temperature and wind

Temperature and wind have the direct proportional to the transpiration. When the winds faster and dry and temperature is high, the rate of water evaporation will also high, increasing the rate of transpiration.


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The most important force which pulls water up in tall trees is

  • imbibition force

  • osmotic force

  • cohesive force

  • electromagnetic force


The light phase of photosynthesis is called

  • Hill reaction

  • photo action

  • pigment action

  • chlorophyllous process


Water in plants is transported by

  • cambium

  • phloem

  • xylem

  • epidermis


The amphibians of plant kingdom are

  • algae 

  • bryophytes

  • thallophytes 

  • floating plants


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The plant Cuscuta shows maximum photosynthesis in

  • red light

  • blue light

  • green light

  • no photosynthesis at all


The law of limiting factors for photosynthesis was enunciated by

  • R. Hill

  • Calvin

  • Krebs

  • Blackman


Who said that 'transpiration is a necessary evil'

  • Curtis

  • Andersen

  • Steward

  • J.C. Bose


The incomplete breakdown of sugars in anaerobic respiration results in the formation of

  • fructose and water

  • glucose and CO2

  • alcohol and CO2

  • water and CO2


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Transpiration would be lowest when

  • wind velocity is high

  • enough water is in the soil

  • atmospheric RH is high

  • high temperature and light