Question

The drops that exude from the tip of leaves in herbaceous plants in the winter morning are of:

• A. pure water.
• B. water and minerals together.
• C. only minerals.
• D. sticky juice.

Answer 1

The correct option is B

water and minerals together.

The correct option is B:

Explanation of the correct option

1. Guttation is responsible for the dew drops that we observe on the leaves in the winter mornings.
2. Guttation is the loss of liquid water from plants. It happens when roots actively absorb water and transpiration is low, i.e., when the environment is moist and humid.
3. Water and minerals combine in the drops that exude from the tips of leaves in herbaceous plants on a cold winter morning.

Explanation of the incorrect options

Option A:

1. The drips that fall from the tips of herbaceous plants' leaves in the morning are not pure water.

Option C:

1. Minerals aren't the only substance that drops from the tips of herbaceous plants' leaves in the morning.

Option D:

1. It's not sticky juice that drops from the tips of herbaceous plants' leaves in the winter morning.

The drops that exude from the tip of leaves in herbaceous plants in the winter morning are of water and minerals together.