Quantrex Quantrex AcademyJEE · NEET · NDA PYQs with solutions Open app
NTA Abhyas NEET2020BotanyPlant KingdomPractice

Peat moss is used as packing material for the shipment of flowers and live plants to distant places because

Options

  1. Ait is easily available
  2. Bit reduces transpiration
  3. Cit is hygroscopic
  4. Dall of the above

Correct answer

C. it is hygroscopic

Step-by-step solution

Bryophytes include mosses and liverworts. Peat is the deposition formed when there is a partial decomposition of organic matter. The moss, Sphagnum provides peat which is used as a fuel as well as a packing material for transport of living matter. It is used for the shipment of living materials as it can hold water and therefore keeps the live plants and flowers fresh.

Practice Plant Kingdom on Quantrex Academy →

More from Plant Kingdom

Sphenopsida class belongs to __________. 2026In which one of the following, the ovules are not enclosed by an ovary wall and remain exposed ? 2026Given below are two statements : Statement I : In gymnosperms, the male and female gametophytes remain within the sporangia. Statement II : In gymnosperms, seeds are not covered. I 2026Which one of the following is the characteristic feature of gymnosperms? 2025In bryophytes, the gemmae help in which one of the following? 2025The correct sequence of events in the life cycle of bryophytes is A. Fusion of antherozoid with egg. B. Attachment of gametophyte to substratum. C. Reduction division to produce ha 2025Given below are the stages in the life cycle of pteridophytes. Arrange the following stages in the correct sequence. A. Prothallus stage B. Meiosis in spore mother cells C. Fertili 2025Match List-I with List-II. array |l|l|l|l| & List-I & & List-II A . & Pteridophyte & (I) & Salvia B. & Bryophyte & (II) & Ginkgo C. & Angiosperm & (III) & Polytrichum D. & Gymnospe 2025 Full Plant Kingdom list All NTA Abhyas NEET PYQs