Question

Match the following:

Column I	Column II
A. Plants growing in shady places	1. Heliophytes
B. Plants growing in light	2. Sciophytes
C. Plants growing in saline soil	3. Halophytes
D. Roots are absent	4. Xerophytes

Answer 1

Hint: Plants are multicellular eukaryotic organisms and they synthesize their own food by photosynthesis. For photosynthesis they require sunlight. They take their nutrients and water from the soil through roots.

Complete answer:
Sciophytes are shade-loving trees or plants and these plants have larger photosynthetic units than sun plants or also called heliophytes. It also needs less intensity of light and grows under the canopy of trees. The leaves of sciophytes are thin when compared to other plants.

Sunstroke plants or halophytes are adapted to a habitat with very intensive insolation, because of the construction of their own structure and maintenance. Solar plants, for example, are mullein, most roses etc. They are common in open terrain, rocks, meadows, as well as at the mountain pastures and grasslands and other long sunny exposure places.
Halophytes are salt-resistant or salt-tolerant plants that have a remarkable ability to complete their life cycle in saline condition.
Xerophyte, a plant adapted for growth under dry conditions.

Therefore the correct answer is,
1. Plants growing in shady places $\to$ (B). Sciophytes
2. Plants growing in light $\to$ (A). Heliophytes
3. Plants growing in saline soil $\to$ (C). Halophytes
4. Roots are absent $\to$ (D). Xerophytes

Note: Xerophytes live in dry places like deserts, aerial rainforest niches and frozen arctic tundra. Xerophytes specialize in water conservation, allowing them to thrive in these extreme conditions.