Question

Imagine that a goat ate up all the leaves of a small balsam plant. However, in a few days, new leaves were seen sprouting from the stem again. How did the plant survive without leaves/

Answer 1

Explanation:

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. ... The plant survive because of the extra food that is stored in the stem of the plant.

Answer 2

Explanation:

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• Imagine that a goat ate up all the leaves of a small balsam plant. However, in a few days, new leaves were seen sprouting from the stem again. How did the plant survive without leaves

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• 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.