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A tree is a perennial woody plant. It is most often defined as a woody plant that has many secondary branches supported clear of the ground on a single main stem or trunk with clear apical dominance.Trees are an important component of the natural landscape because of their prevention of erosion and the provision of a weather-sheltered ecosystem in and under their foliage. Trees also play an important role in producing oxygen and reducing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
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Q.  Why is it dangerous to sleep under trees at night?
A.  Plants respire at night and give out carbon dioxide which reduces the oxygen content of air required for breathing.
Q.  What P is the word used for the grassy plains of Argentina?
A.  Pampas
Q.  'Shirley', 'Harbinger' and 'Moneymaker' are all varieties of what plant?
A.  Tomato
Q.  From which plant do we obtain Linseed Oil?
A.  Flax
Q.  Which of the following is not one of the important steps in processing tea leaves? a. Rolling b. Drying c. Fermenting d. Withering
A.  Fermenting
Q.  Pitcher plant is what kind of a plant?
A.  Insectivorous
Q.  What are pneumatophores?
A.  The breathing roots of mangroves.
Q.  From which part of the plant Opium is derived?
A.  Dried Latex
Q.  The movement of a plant part toward or away from a source of heat is called
A.  Thermotropism
Q.  Plant that will only grow in water or in a very moist environment
A.  Hydrophytes
Q.  Plant that needs moderate amounts of moisture for growth is known as
A.  Mesophytes
Q.  Plant that can survive and grow in direct sunlight or that grows best in direct sunlight is called
A.  Heliophytes
Q.  Plant that is adapted to living through seasonal changes in heat, cold, dryness, or moisture, for example, by shedding leaves during a dry season is called
A.  Tropophyte
Q.  Green plant pigment used in photosynthesis is called
A.  Chlorophyll
Q.  What is responsible for yellow, orange, or red color in flowers and fruits
A.  Chromoplasts
Q.  The pigment found in plants that gives them their green color
A.  Chlorophyll
Q.  Which element helps in the flowering of plants
A.  Phosphorous
Q.  What type of trees yield the resin used to produce turpentine?
A.  Pine trees.
Q.  What elemental event rejuvenates a prairie by causing more plants to grow taller, flower and produce seed?
A.  Fire.
Q.  Which flowerless plants found mostly in water and having chlorophyll?
A.  Algae
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