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List the characteristic features of xerophytes.

Important Questions on Variation and Natural Selection

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Hydrilla and Limnophila are examples for the following categories respectively,

i) Free-floating hydrophyte and rooted hydrophyte with floating leaves

ii) Submerged, suspended hydrophyte

iii) An amphibious plant

iv) Submerged, suspended hydrophyte and a free-floating hydrophyte

v) Submerged, rooted hydrophyte and an amphibious plant

The correct combination is

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Match the following:

  Set-I   Set-II
(A) Endosmosis (I) High altitude adaptation
(B) Exosmosis (II) Desert adaptation
(C) Metabolic water (III) Problem for fresh water animal
(D) Increase in the RBC production (IV) Problem for marine animals

The correct match is

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What do you mean by volant adaptations in animals? What is patagia? 
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Which of the following features of plants is not helpful in adapting to desert life?
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Select the incorrect anatomical adaptation of Xerophytes among the following?
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Root does not help in the absorption of water in which of the following plant?
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Give three adaptations in organisms by which they avoid predation.
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Assertion (A): Desert Plants have sunken stomata
Reason (R): To enhance transpiration in desert plants
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Indicate the correct statement from the following
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Which of the following plant traits (characters) is NOT an adaptation to dry (Xeric) habitats?
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Why do submerged plants receive weak illumination than exposed floating plants in a lake?
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List out any five morphological adaptations of halophytes.
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Which of the following cannot be considered as an adaptation of xerophytes?
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Represent the union of two sets by Venn diagram for each of the following.

X={x | x is a prime number between 80 and 100}

Y={y | y is an odd number between 90 and 100}

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Root hairs are absent in hydrophytes because 
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All of the following are adaptations of the majority of desert plants, except
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Submerged rooted plant with functionless stomata
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Which of the following is the major adaptation for a plant to survive in the xerophytic conditions?
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Which one lacks both roots and stomata?
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Adaptations to plants against dry environmental conditions is/are: