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Important Questions on Plant Growth and Development

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When a plant species is grown in shade tends to produce thinner leaves with more surface area, and when grown under abundant sunlight starts producing thicker leaves with reduced surface area. This phenomenon is an example of
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 In the following diagrammatic representation showing stages of embryonic development, identify the type of growth phase labelled as M and N:

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Within the exponential phase of growth, if the initial surface area and the growth rate of a leaf are 10 mm2 and 0.015 mm2/hour  respectively, the area of the leaf after 4 days would range from
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The orientation to light of a non-motile organism or part of its body is called:
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Which among the following is not dedifferentiated?
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Plants follow different pathways in response to environment or phases of life to form different kinds of structures. This ability is called:
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In tissue culture experiments, leaf mesophyll cells are put in a culture medium to form callus. This phenomenon may be called as:
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Choose the correct statements.
(A) Assyrians recorded information of crop plants in the picture form.
(B) Nehemiah Grew studied the anatomy of plant tissue.
(C) Bouskein refers to cattle.
(D) Application of physical and chemical principles developed new branches of Botany like genetics.
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Identify the exponential growth expression among the following.
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Formation of interfascicular cambium and cork cambium from parenchyma is phenomenon of
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Which one of the following plants does not show plasticity?
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Match the plant hormones in Column I with their primary function in Column II.

Column I Column II
P. Abscisic acid i. Promotes disease resistance
Q. Ethylene ii. Maintains seed dormancy
R. Cytokinin iii. Promotes seed germination
S. Gibberellins iv. Promotes fruit ripening
  v. Inhibits leaf senescence

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Name for the given phenomena events that occur during the growth of the plant
A) Production of tissues in woody dicotyledonous plants to perform specific function
B) Heterophylly at different stages of growth
C) Formation of meristems from parenchyma cells
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The process of growth is maximum during
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Write the types of induced plant movements by an external and directional stimulus with example.
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Explain different phases of growth with the help of diagram.
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Both animals and plants grow. Why do we say that growth and differentiation in plants is open and not so in animals? Does this statement hold true for sponges also?
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What are the different phases of growth? Give characteristics of each.
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Growth can be measured in various ways. Which of these can be used as parameters to measure growth?