Question

Given below is a set with four terms in which one term is odd and cannot be grouped in the same category to which the other three belong. Identify the odd one and name the category to which the remaining three belong. The first one has been done as an example.

Example: Calyx, Corolla, Stamens, Midrib

Odd term: Midrib

Category: Parts of a flower.

Transpiration, Photosynthesis, Phagocytosis, Guttation.

Answer 1

Transpiration:

1. It is the process of water loss in the form of water vapor from the stomatal openings of the aerial parts of the plants, such as leaves.

Photosynthesis:

1. It is a chemical process for the synthesis of food by the utilization of water, carbon dioxide, sunlight, and chlorophyll in the leaves.

Guttation:

1. It is the process of water loss in the form of liquid from the hydathodes present at the margins of the leaves.

Phagocytosis:

1. It is the process by which some cells engulf foreign particles such as pathogens.
2. It is commonly observed in animals.

Final answer: The odd term is phagocytosis because it is the only process that is observed in animals.

Odd term: Phagocytosis,

Category: Observed in plants only.