VII CH 1 ASSIGNMENT SCIENCE

ANSWER KEY NUTRITION IN PLANTS

I Give one word
a Bread Mould( Rhizopus)
b Rhizobium
c Parasite
d Parasitic
e Symbiosis

II MCQ

A c Nitrogen
B d Leaves
C c Alga
D b Alga
E b Mushroom

III Give Reasons

a) Fungi can not synthesize food as it lack chlorophyll

pigment to trap sunlight.
b) Chlorophyll absorbs sunlight and convert it into chemical
energy to combine carbon-dioxide and water to form Glucose

c) Mistletoe is called partial parasites because it absorbs

some water and nutrients from its host plant , however it
also produces its own food by the process of photosynthesis
in its green leaves.

4 Plants do not have a digestive system because their need

for nourishment is fulfilled through the process of
photosynthesis and cellular respiration. They obtain their
energy and and nutrients from the energy of the sun to
create their supply to live.

5 Pitcher plant feeds on insects because it grows in soil

which is deficient in some nutrients particularly in Nitrogen.
It digests insects to get nitrogen content.

6 It is because Rhizobium bacteria lives in root nodules of

leguminous plants which converts atmospheric nitrogen into
compounds of nitrogen there by enriching the soil with
nitrogen content.
7 No , Forests are naturally replenished by Saprotrophs and
decomposer which breakdown the dead and decaying matter
into simple substances thereby helping in recycling the
nutrients back into the soil .

8 Guard cells

9 False , Saprophytes lack chlorophyll pigment so they are

not green in colour.

HOTS

1 The habit of eating insects in pitcher plant arrived in it due

to the course of evolution. Providing nutrient rich or nitrogen
rich soil to the Pitcher plant will meet its nitrogen demands
but it will not stop eating insects because the ability to meet
its nitrogen deficit by digesting insects has been there in the
plant from lacks of years and it cannot be changed by
providing nitrogen rich soil.

2 Carbohydrates in wheat dough encourage growth of yeast

and other saprophytic fungi which break down
carbohydrates, and emit a foul smell.