Plants growing on desert and steppe are called:

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1. Plants growing on burnt soil are called:

   A. Heliophilous
   B. Hydrophilous
   C. Pyrophilous
   D. Pyriform

2. Plants growing in rock crevices are called:

   A. Sciophytes
   B. Chasmophytes
   C. Helophytes
   D. None of these

3. Plants growing on sand and gravel are called:

   A. Eremophytes
   B. Oxylophytes
   C. Psilophytes
   D. Psammophytes

4. Plants growing on externally cold soil are called:

   A. Halophyte
   B. Oxylophyte
   C. Psychrophyte
   D. Psammophyte

5. Plants growing on rocks are called on:

   A. Psychrophytes
   B. Lithophytes
   C. Halophytes
   D. Sciophytes

6. Plants growing in marsh are called:

   A. Halophytes
   B. Heliophytes
   C. Halophytes
   D. Sciophytes

7. The plants growing on saline soils are called:

   A. Heliophytes
   B. Xerophytes
   C. Halophytes
   D. Hydrophytes

8. The biggest desert belt running from the Atlantic to _______ , including Sahara and some other samaller deserts such s the Arabian Desert (Arrub-al-Khali):

   A. China
   B. India
   C. Australia
   D. Iran

9. Plants growing in xerophytic conditions usually have:

   A. Feebly developed root system
   B. Deep and much branched root system
   C. Well developed leaves
   D. III developed vascular system

10. Thick cuticles on leaves are typical of plants growing in:

    A. Wet habitats
    B. Warm habitats
    C. Dry habitats
    D. Cool habitats