Multiple Choice Questions

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Which of the statements given below is not true about formation of Annual Rings in trees?

  • Differential activity of cambium causes light and dark bands of tissue early and late wood respectively.

  • Activity of cambium depends upon variation in climate.

  • Annual rings are not prominent in trees of temperate region.

  • Annual ring is a combination of spring wood and autumn wood produced in a year


C.

Annual rings are not prominent in trees of temperate region.

Growth rings are formed by the seasonal activity of cambium. In plants of temperate regions, cambium is more active in spring and less active in autumn seasons. In temperate regions climatic conditions are not uniform throughout the year. However in tropics climatic conditions are uniform throughout the year.


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Pick out the correct statement

  • Spring wood is otherwise called late wood

  • Autumn wood is otherwise called early wood

  • In old trees, the heart wood is involved in the conduction of water

  • In old trees, the sap wood does not conduct water

  • In old trees, the sap wood does not conduct water


Which among these statements about collenchymas is true?

  • Collenchyma cells are usually dead without protoplasts

  • The cells are long and narrow with thick lignified walls

  • Collenchyma occurs in layers below the epidermis in dicotyledonous plants

  • These cells are found in the pulp of fruits like guava, pear and sapota

  • These cells are found in the pulp of fruits like guava, pear and sapota


Xylem translocates

  • Water and mineral salts only

  • Water, mineral salts and some organic nitrogen only

  • Water, mineral salts, some organic nitrogen and hormones

  • Water only


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