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Date :

Class : 9
Stream :
Subject : BIOLOGY
Topic Name : TRANSPIRATION
Lesson Number : 6
Questions for Home assignment:
Question 1
Study the diagram and answer the following questions.

a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

Name the structure which is shown in the diagram

and label the part A.
What is the function of this structure?
Where is this structure mostly present?
How is this structure different from stomata?
How do gases circulate in the interior of the plant
body through this structure?

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Question 2
Study the diagram and answer the following questions.
i. Given below is a
transverse section
of a leaf adapted
to
prevent
a
certain
physiological
process. Name the
process.
ii.
Define the process mentioned in (i).
iii. List four anatomical features shown here that adapt it to
reduce the above mentioned physiological process.
iv. State one morphological adaption in plants to control
the above mentioned process.
v.
State one advantage and one disadvantage of the above
mentioned process.
vi. How does the process differ from guttation?

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Question 3.
Study the diagram and answer the following questions:

i.
ii.
iii.
iv.

Name the structure shown.

Label the parts 1 5.
State the difference between A and B.
How does the change occur from A to B or B to A.

Question 4.
The diagram below represents an experiment to demonstrate
a certain phenomenon in a green plant.
i.

ii.

Has the level of

mercury in the
glass tubing, risen
or fallen?
Name
the
life
process of the
plant which has
caused the change
in the level of
mercury.

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iii.
iv.
v.

Define the process named above.

State any three advantage of this process to the plant.
Which conducting tissue of the plant does the glass
tubing represent?

Question 5.
Study the diagram given below and answer the questions that
follow:
a. What is the aim of
the experiment?
b. Why has oil been
put in each test
tube?
c. What
will
be
observed in the
test tubes after
two to three days?
d. Give a reason to explain any change as observed in (iii)
above.
e. State the purpose of setting up test tube B.

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Question 6.
Study the diagram and answer the following questions:
i. What is the purpose of
the experiment?
ii. Why is the pot covered
with a polythene bag?
iii. What is the structure
labelled 'X'?
iv. What change would
you observe in 'X' after
a while? Explain.

Question 7.
Study the diagram and answer the following questions.

Leaf A was coated with grease on both surfaces.

Leaf B was coated with grease on lower surface.
Leaf C was coated with grease on upper surface.
Leaf D was left without application of grease.

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i.
ii.
iii.

Which leaf dries first

Which leaf dries last
Which leaf does not show any change

Question 8.
Study the diagram and answer the following questions:

a.
b.
c.
d.

Name the parts labelled 1 to 5.

What do the arrows (dotted and solid) indicate in the day
time and at night?
Could you add one more arrow in the figure? If yes, what
for?
How many leaf veins have been shown in this section?

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Question 9
Study the diagram and answer the following questions.

a.
b.
c.
d.

In which plant A, b or C would the water move up faster

In which plant would the water move slowly?
Why is the water covered with oil?
What is being investigated by this experiment?

Question 10.
Study the diagram and answer the following questions:
a. What is the purpose
of keeping CaCl2 vials
inside the cup?
b. After a few hours,
CaCl2 vials were
taken
out
and
weighed again. Will
you
expect any
difference in weight?
If so, give reasons.
c. What was the purpose of using a manometer?

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d.

What do you mean by transpiration?

Question 11.
Study the diagram and answer the following questions:

a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

f.
g.
h.
i.

Name the apparatus.

What is it used for?
What is the role played by the air bubble in this
experiment?
Of what use is the reservoir?
Explain what happens to the movement of the air bubble
in each case?
i. In the dark
ii. In sunlight
iii. In front of the fan
State the use of scale.
State the use of capillary tube.
State one disadvantage of this apparatus.
State the precautions that must be taken during this
experiment.

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Question 12.
Figure given below represents an experimental setup to study
the process of transpiration in plants. Study the same and
answer the questions that follow.
a. State the aim of
the experiment.
b. Why are glass
slides placed over
the dry cobalt
chloride paper?
c. Why is cobalt
chloride
paper
used
as
an
indicator
of
moisture?
d. What is the colour of the dry cobalt chloride paper?
e. What is your observation?
f. Give reason for your observation.
g.
Is the experimental leaf a monocot or a dicot. Give a
reason to support your answer.

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Question 13
The diagram below represents the vertical section of a leaf.
Study the diagram and answer the following questions:
a. Name the structure
shown in the leaf.
b. Name the parts
labelled 1 - 5.
c. How many veins
have been shown in
the section?
d. Name the process
that occurs through
this structure.
e. Define the process
named in part (d).
Question 15
The apparatus shown below is used in an experiment to
investigate water relationships in plants.

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i.
ii.
iii.
iv.
v.

What is the function of the oil in the graduated

tube?
What is the function of the balance?
What would happen in the graduated side arm if
water were taken up by the plants?
Name the process which this apparatus is designed
to measure?
What would happen to the reading of the balance if
the apparatus is kept in sunlight for 10 hours?