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प्रश्न
A leaf cell of a water plant was placed in a liquid other than pond water. After sometime, it assumed a shape as shown below:

Comment on the nature (tonicity) of the liquid surrounding the cell.
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उत्तर
The liquid is hypertonic solution. It has higher solute concentration outside the cell than the fluids inside the cell.
संबंधित प्रश्न
A plant cell placed in a certain solution got plasmolysed. What was the kind of solution?
The following diagram represents a plant cell after being placed in a strong sugar solution.
Guidelines 1 to 5 indicate the following
(1)Cell wall, (2) Strong sugar solution, (3) Protoplasm (4) Large vacuole, (5) Nucleus
(1)What is the state of the cell shown in the cell shown in the diagram?
(2)Name the structure which acts as a selectively permeable membrane.
(3)If the cell had been placed in distilled water instead of strong sugar solution, which feature would not have been seen?
(4)Name any one feature of this plant cell which is not present in an animal cell.
Distinguish between the following:
Hypotonic and Hypertonic solutions
Choose the correct answer:
Cell turgidity is caused by _______________
Differentiate between the following
Endosmosis and Exosmosis
The diagram below represents an experimental set up to demonstrate a vital process. Study the same and then answer the questions that follow:
(i) Name the process.
(ii) Define the above named process.
(iii) What would you observe in the experimental setup after an hour or so?
(iv) What control experiment can be set up for the above experiment?
(v) Keeping in mind the root hair cell and its surrounding name the part that corresponds to (1) Concentrated sugar solution, (2) Parchment paper, (3) Water in the beaker.
(vi) Name any other substance that can be used instead of parchment paper in the above experiment.
(vii) Mention two advantages of this process to the plant.
Fill in the Blank
The pressure which develops in the cortical cells of root which force a part of the water upward ____________.
Mention, if the following statement is True or False. If false rewrite the wrong statement in its correct form:
Cells that have lost their water content are said to be deplasmolysed.
Define the following term:
Tonicity
