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Assertion: Plant growth is unique because plants retain the capacity for unlimited growth throughout their life. 
Reason: Plants have different type of meristems at certain locations in their body that have capacity to divide and self-perpetuate.

A

If both assertion and reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion.

B

If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion.

C

If assertion is true but reason is false.

D

If both assertion and reason are false.

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Plant growth is unique because plants retain the capacity for unlimited growth throughout their life as plants have different type of meristems at certain lo cations in their body that have capacity to divide and self-perpetuate
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Knowledge Check

  • Assertion: Plant growth as a whole is indefinete. Reason : Plants retain the capacity of continuous growth throughout their life.

    A
    If both the assertion and the reason are true and the reason is a correct explanation of the assertion.
    B
    If both the assertion and reason are true but the reason is not a correct explanation of the assertion
    C
    If the assertion is true but the reason is false
    D
    If the assertion and reason is false but reason is true

  • Which plant tissue retain its capacity of division throughout their life

    A
    Parenchyma
    B
    Sclerenchyma
    C
    Collenchyma
    D
    Meristematic

  • Read the following statements and find out the INCORRECT statement. a. Plant growth is unique because plants retain the capacity for unlimited growth throughout their life. b. Growth, at a cellular level , is principally a consequence of the increase in the amount of protoplasm. c. One single maize root apical meristem can give rise to more than 3,50,00 new cells per hour , whereas cells in watermelon may increase in size by up to 17, 500 times. d. Environmental signals such as light , temperature and gravity also affect certain phases or stages of growth. e. In geometric growth, following mitotic cell division , only one daughter cell continues to divide while the other differentiates adn matures.

    A
    b and d
    B
    c and a
    C
    a and e
    D
    c and e

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