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प्रश्न
Choose the correct answer:
Meaning of ascent of sap is ____________
विकल्प
absorption of water from soil.
alteration of water against gravitational force.
reaching of water upwards against gravitational force.
origin of cohesive force in water.
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उत्तर
Meaning of ascent of sap is reaching of water upwards against gravitational force
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Match the items in column I with those in column II
| Column I | Column II | ||
| (a) | Xylem | (i) | semi - permeable |
| (b) | Phloem | (ii) | permeable |
| (c) | Cell membrane | (iii) | downward flow of sap |
| (d) | Root pressure | (iv) | upward flow of water |
| (e) | Cell wall | (v) | guttation |
Mention whether the following statement is true or false. Correct the false statement by altering the last word only.
The cell wall of the root cell is a differentially permeable membrane.
Concentration of mineral nutrient elements is higher inside the root hairs than in the surrounding soil. How do roots take them in from the soil?
The apparatus arranged alongside signifies an important process.
(i) Name the process.
(ii) Where does this process occur in plants?
(iii) What solution is placed inside the dialysis tubing?
(iv) What happens to the level of the solution in the capillary tube?
Name the following:
Tissue concerned with upward conduction of water.
Choose the correct answer:
Which tissue makes passage for ascent of sap?
Study the experimental setup in the figure and then answer the question that follow.
What will you observe in the setup after about half an hour? Give reasons for your answer.
Grapes shrink when immersed in a very strong sugar solution.” Explain.
A thin strip of epidermal cells from the fleshy scales of an onion bulb was examined in a drop of water, under a microscope. All the epidermal cells looked alike and the figure alongside represents one of them. The thin strip was then transferred to a drop of strong sugar solution and re-examined under the microscope after about five minutes.
(i) Make a sketch of one of the epidermal cells, as it might appear after immersion in a strong sugar solution. Label any two parts which have undergone a change.
(ii) Give the scientific term for the change shown in Q.(i) above.
(iii) What would you do to bring this cell back to its original condition?
(iv) Give the scientific term used for the recovery of the cell as a result of the step taken in Q.(iii) above.
Give Technical Term for the following.
Tissue which transports manufactured food from leaves to other parts of the plant.
