Read the para and answer the quesions given below. Cascuta is a parasi

1.	Read the para and answer the quesions given below. Cascuta is a parasitic plant. This receives nutrients from the host plant. It has a finger like structure called haustoria. It inserts it into the stem of the host and receives nutrients. 1. Why do we call Cascuta a parasitic plant? 2. What helps to receive nutrients in Cascuta? 3. Why does Cascuta depend on host for nutrition? 4. Give some more examples of parasitic plants.
Answer» 1. Because Cascuta depends on other plants for food. 2. Haustoria. 3. As Cascuta has no chloroplasts to perform photosynthesis, it depends on other plants for food. 4. a) Corpse flower (Rafflesia plant) b) Hydnora plant c) Thurber’s stem sucker.

Read the para and answer the quesions given below. Cascuta is a parasitic plant. This receives nutrients from the host plant. It has a finger like structure called haustoria. It inserts it into the stem of the host and receives nutrients. 1. Why do we call Cascuta a parasitic plant? 2. What helps to receive nutrients in Cascuta? 3. Why does Cascuta depend on host for nutrition? 4. Give some more examples of parasitic plants.

Answer»

1. Because Cascuta depends on other plants for food.

2. Haustoria.

3. As Cascuta has no chloroplasts to perform photosynthesis, it depends on other plants for food.

a) Corpse flower (Rafflesia plant)

b) Hydnora plant

c) Thurber’s stem sucker.