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Turgor pressure keeps the soft organs like flowers, young shoots, leaves, etc. in stretched form. It is also essential for the growth of the cells. Changes in the turgor pressure causes opening and closing of stomata.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Give scientific reasons : Balsam plants wilt during mid-day even if the soil is well watered.
Give the equivalent term for the following:
The condition in which the cell contents are shrunken.
Differentiate between the following:
Turgidity and Flaccidity
What is the difference between ‘flaccid’ and ‘turgid’? Give one example of flaccid condition in plants.
Distinguish between the following:
Flaccid condition and turgid condition
Mention whether the following statement is true (T) or false (F) and give an explanation in support of your answer.
Soaked seeds burst into three seed coats.
Name the following:
The condition in which the contents of a cell exert pressure against the cell wall making it distended.
Excessive use of fertilisers in agricultural fields reduces the yield of crops. Justify the statement.
When the cells of a plant are fully distended, the condition is called ______.
The figure given below is a diagrammatic representation of a part of the cross-section of the root in the root hair zone. Study the same and then answer the questions that follow:
- The parts labelled as 1, 2, 3 and 4 are:
- Root hair, Xylem vessel, Soil particles, Cortex respectively.
- Xylem vessel, Soil particles, Root hair, Cortex respectively.
- Root hair, Xylem vessel, Cortex, Soil particles respectively.
- Cortex, Soil particles, Xylem vessel, Root hair respectively.
- The process that enables the passage of water from soil into the root hair is:
- Diffusion
- Active transport
- Osmosis
- Passive absorption
- The kind of force which exists between a liquid and any surface is called as:
- Cohesive force
- Adhesive force
- Capillarity
- Suction force
- The kind of force between the same kind of liquid molecules is:
- Capillary force
- Transpirational pull
- Adhesive force
- Cohesive force
- Sometimes exudation of water occurs from the margin of the leaves in the early morning or night. It is termed as:
- Transpiration
- Guttation
- Bleeding
- Osmosis
