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

When the leaves were intact the food produced by it was not fully utilised a large part of ut was stored as starch(in most plants) in root(as in raddish),stem(as in potato), which is stored for survival of plant in unfavourable season

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Answer 2

Answer:

the balsam plant has green stem due to which if it is cut from top or leaves are picked up the plant photosynthisises by the stem