Question

23. A goat eats away all the leaves of a small plant. However, in a few days, new leaves
could be seen sprouting in the plant again. How did the plant survive without leaves?​

Answer 1

Answer:

The plant survive because of the extra food that is stored in the stem of the plant.

Explanation:

Plants can easily survive if there are no leaves for a few days.

The food stored in the stems and roots acts as a supplement and help them to fulfill the food requirement when the leaves are absent.

For the gaseous exchange it makes use of lenticels of stem.

Answer 2

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The plant could survive without leaves because even though food is prepared only during photosynthesis, it also get extra supplements from the soil which it uses as food. So we can conclude that plants can survive without leaves also.