ANATOMY

GENERAL ANATOMY

INTRODUCTION TO GENERAL ANATOMY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Plants that grow on the shaded forest floor often have larger leaves than plants that grow in an open field. How does this adaptation help the forest plants?
A
Large leaves keep theinsects warm.
B
Large leaves attractinsects to the plants.
C
Large leaves gather lightfor the plants.
D
Large leaves gather waterfor the plants.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The plants that occupy the forest floor are ones that require low light as they are adapted to grow under conditions of low light availability and have large dark green leaves to absorb as much sunlight. Was this answer helpful?

Detailed explanation-2: -Plants growing on the forest floor (understorey) are adapted to lower Sunlight intensity or are shade loving. This is because, the dense canopy does not allow enough light to penetrate through and reach the forest floor.

Detailed explanation-3: -The plants that live on the floor of the forest have bigger leaves so that they can absorb the little light that comes through rather the plants that live in hot sunny conditions don’t need to store as much sunlight. Cacti are plants that live in extremely dry environments.

Detailed explanation-4: -Since only two percent of the sunlight can filter through the top layers to the understory, very few plants grow there. ‘’ So, since the forest floor receives almost no sunlight, very few plants grow there.

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