CLASSIFICATION OF PLANTS

Assignment on classification of plants

Qn a) How are mosses similar to most fungi?

1. b) How are fungi different from lichens?
2. 1 a) What do we call the cells that produce chlorophyll in a leaf?
   1. b) State the role of chlorophyll during photosynthesis.

   2 a) Why does photosynthesis occur during day time?

   1. b) Why doesn’t photosynthesis occur at night?

   3 a) In which way are animals useful to plants during photosynthesis?

   1. b) In which two ways do animals benefit from plants during photosynthesis?
   2. 1 a) In which way is transpiration useful to man?         Transpiration helps man in the formation of rainfall.
      1. b) In which way is transpiration harmful to a plant?

               Transpiration makes a plant to wilt and dry during dry season.

   3. 1 a) Why do wind pollinated flowers produce a lot of pollen grains?
      1. b) Name the crop whose flowers are pollinated by man.

      2 a) Why is a moth able to pollinate some flowers at night?

      1. b) How is a beak of a sun bird able to suck nectar from flowers?
      2. c) Why are petals of some flowers brightly coloured?