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GIVE ONE WORD ANSWER TO THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS
1. Which part of the sweet potato plant is used as food?
2. Excess intake of which carbohydrate should be avoided ?
3. The disease caused by the deficiency of proteins and carbohydrates in diet is
4. From which part of the cotton plant we get cotton fibre?
5. The substance that does not dissolve in water is termed as ......
TRUE OR FALSE TYPE QUESTIONS
1. Potato is a modified stem.
2. Humans are omnivores.
Answers
Answer:
1. The sweet potato or sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas) is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the bindweed or morning glory family, Convolvulaceae. Its large, starchy, sweet-tasting, tuberous roots are a root vegetable. The young leaves and shoots are sometimes eaten as greens.
2.Excessive consumption of carbohydrates, especially refined carbohydrates and added sugars, can lead to negative health effects
3. Deficiency of proteins, carbohydrates and fats results in protein-calorie malnutrition (PCM) or protein-energy malnutrition (PEM). PEM occurs more frequently among infants and children between 1-5 years and is an important cause of childhood sickness and mortality
4. Cotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective case, around the seeds of the cotton plants of the genus Gossypium in the mallow family Malvaceae. The fiber is almost pure cellulose. Under natural conditions, the cotton bolls will increase the dispersal of the seeds
5. A mixture in which a substance does not dissolve in water is called a suspension and the substance is said to be insoluble. An example of this type of mixture is chalk in water
1.The potato is an example. It is a stem because it has many nodes called eyes with spaces between eyes known as internodes. Potato tubers develop at the end of swollen underground stem structures, rhizomes. ... Although the common potato is a stem, the sweet potato is a modified root!
2. yess humans are omnivorous(not according to me)