Question

What is difference between submerged and floating plants? Give examples (for class 6)

Answer 1

Answer:

Floating plants have leaves that float on the water surface. Their roots may be attached in the substrate or floating in the water column. Submersed macrophytes are also rooted to the bottom but their leaves grow entirely underwater.

Answer 2

Answer:

submerged acquatic are present below the water surface. floating plants are present above the water surface. submerged plants donot have thick waxy cuticle. floating plant do have thick waxy cuticle.(a) Free floating plant – e.g Pistia.

(b) Submerged plant – e.g: Hydrilla.

(c) Mangroves – e.g: Avicennia.

(d) Emergent – e.g: Typha.