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Adaptation in Plants Worksheet PDF

This document contains a science test on plant adaptations. It includes 7 multiple choice questions about how various plants like coniferous trees, cacti, and lotus adapt to their environments. There are also short answer questions about how orchids and floating plants adapt and examples of plants that adapt to cold regions. The final section provides information about mangroves and their stilt roots that allow them to breathe and gain support in salty, clay soil that lacks oxygen.

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Adaptation in Plants Worksheet PDF

This document contains a science test on plant adaptations. It includes 7 multiple choice questions about how various plants like coniferous trees, cacti, and lotus adapt to their environments. There are also short answer questions about how orchids and floating plants adapt and examples of plants that adapt to cold regions. The final section provides information about mangroves and their stilt roots that allow them to breathe and gain support in salty, clay soil that lacks oxygen.

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Subject :

Name :
Class:

Science

Date :

Section:

Roll no:
ADAPTATION IN PLANTS
Section A
I

Choose the correct answer.

1.

Coniferous trees have needle shaped leaves that help the plant to
a. respire
b. grow
c. withstand adverse climatic conditions
d. prepare their food
Ans:_______________________________________________________________

2.

Loss of water from the cactus plant is reduced by


a. modification of leaves into spines
b. preventing photosynthesis
c. preventing respiration
d. all of the above
Ans:_______________________________________________________________

3.

Plants that grow on land are called as:


a. aquatic plants
b. shrubs
c. terrestrial plants
d. climbers
Ans:_______________________________________________________________

4.

Stomata is present on the upper surface of the leaf of


a. lotus
b. water lily
c. tulsi
d. both a and b
Ans:_______________________________________________________________

5.

A plant that adapts to aerial life is :


a. lotus
b. pine
c. spruce
d. orchids
Ans:_______________________________________________________________

6.

Conditions that are essential for the survival of plants are:


a. climatic conditions
b. food and water
c. shelter and protection
d. all of the above
Ans:______________________________________________________________

7.

Hydrilla is a
a. xerophyte
b. free floating plant
c. partially submerged plant
c. submerged hydrophyte
Ans:_______________________________________________________________

8.

The surrounding in which a plant or animal lives is called its


a. adaptation
b. community
c. habitat
d. none of the above.
Ans:_______________________________________________________________
2

Section-B
II

Answer the following questions

1.

How orchids adapt themselves to aerial life?

2.

Floating plants have a waxy coating on their leaves. How does this help the plant?
___________________________________________________
___________________________________________________
___________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
___________________________________________________

3.

How do plants in cold regions adapt to the environment. Give suitable examples.

Section-C

MANGROVES

Mangroves grow in areas where the soil is clayey and covered with salty water.
Clayey soil below the water does not have air, so the roots grow above the ground
and take in air directly from the atmosphere. Stilt roots provide extra support to the
trees.
1.

Choose the correct answer.


Mangroves have breathing roots as
a. stilt roots provide extra support to the trees
b. roots grow above the ground
c. roots take in air directly from the atmosphere
d. all of the above
Ans:_______________________________________________________________

2.a. Identify the plant.


___________________________________________________
b.

In which habitat you will find this type of a plant?


________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________
Xerophytic plant

c.

List two adaptations of this plant that enable it to survive in its habitat.

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