Question

A goat eats away all the leaves of a small plant (balsam). However, in a few days, new leaves could

be seen sprouting in the plant again. How did the plant survive without leaves?

Answer 1

it survived because of the intercalary meristem present at the base of leaf nodules which help new leaves to sprout

Answer 2

Answer:

Plants store the food that they produced by photosynthesis in the stem and roots. So, when goat ate away all the leaves of the plant, the plant fulfilled its requirement by the food stored in stem and roots.

Explanation:

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