Question

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Assertion: Aquatic plants show the floating of plant parts.
Reason: Due to existence of air cavities in parenchyma helps in buoyancy.​

Answer 1

In aquatic plants , large air cavities are present in parenchyma to give buoyancy to the plants to help them float . The parenchyma of stems and roots also stores nutrients and water . The flexibility in plants is due to another permanent tissue , collenchyma .