NEET 2002 · Class 11

Respiration in Plants

Main function of lenticel is

  1. (A)transpiration
  2. (B)guttation
  3. (C)gaseous exchange
  4. (D)bleeding

The NCERT line that answers it

Verbatim line

Plants, unlike animals, have no specialised organs for gaseous exchange but they have stomata and lenticels for this purpose.

Chapter
Respiration in Plants
Section
12.1 DO PLANTS BREATHE?
Page
1
Words matched
19 of 19

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How this line gives the answer

0, emb=0.9353, combined=0.9612). Verified: high — The span explicitly states that lenticels are for gaseous exchange, directly matching the correct answer and distinguishing it from transpiration, guttation, and bleeding.

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