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Explain the Term: Osmosis

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Explain the Term:

Osmosis

Explain the term osmosis.

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Osmosis is a special type of diffusion which involves the movement of solvent molecules from a region of their higher concentration to their lower concentration.

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अध्याय 3: Absorption by Roots - Explain the Terms

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आईसीएसई Biology [English] Class 10 ICSE
अध्याय 3 Absorption by Roots
Explain the Terms | Q 2

संबंधित प्रश्न

Differentiate between the following pairs on the basis of what is indicated in the brackets.

Hypotonic solution and Hypertonic solution [condition of a plant cell when placed in them]


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:

Turgor pressure and osmotic pressure


Distinguish between the following:

Hypotonic and Hypertonic solutions


Name the following:

Two solutions having same concentrations.


Explain why:

We gargle with saline solution in case of throat infection.


Give Technical Term for the following.
Solutions which have the same osmotic pressure.


Name the following:

The movement of a liquid through a selectively permeable membrane.


Mention, if the following statement is True or False. If false rewrite the wrong statement in its correct form:

Osmosis is defined as the movement of water from a concentrated sugar solution to a dilute sugar solution.


The given statement is incorrect. Rewrite the correct statement:

Fresh water fish when placed in hypertonic salt solution absorb water and burst.


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