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प्रश्न
Give reasons for the following:
If you sprinkle some common salt on grass growing on a lawn, it is killed at that spot.
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उत्तर
Common salt, when sprinkled on the grass, causes the plasmolysis of grass cells, ultimately leading to their death. Hence, if we sprinkle some common salt on grass growing on a lawn, it is killed on the spot.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
A plant cell may burst when :
Explain Turgor pressure
Give the equivalent term for the following:
The condition in which the cell contents are shrunken.
Give the equivalent term for the following:
Loss of water through a cut stem.
Differentiate between the following:
Turgidity and Flaccidity
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:
- Give the term for the state of the cell it has acquired.
- Name the structure which acts as a selectively permeable membrane.
- Comment on the nature (tonicity) of the liquid surrounding the cell.
- Name any one feature of this plant cell which is not present in an animal cell.
- Redraw in the space provided, the diagram of the cell if it is soon placed in ordinary water for some time.
Differentiate between the following
Turgor pressure and Root pressure
Multiple Choice Question:
When cell is fully turgid, which of the following will be zero?
The hydrostatic pressure of the cell sap on the cell wall is called ______.
