Question

A goat eats always all the leaves of a small plant (balson).however in few days new leaves could be seen sprouting in the plant again how did the plant survive without leaves

Answer 1

Answer:

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.