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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.
संबंधित प्रश्न
The diagram given below represents a plant cell after being placed in a strong sugar solution. Study the diagram and answer the questions that follow:
- What is the state of the cell shown in the diagram?
- Name the structure that acts as a selectively permeable membrane.
- Label the parts numbered 1 to 4 in the diagram.
- How can the above cell be brought back to its original condition? Mention the scientific term for the recovery of the cell.
- State any two features of the above plant cell which is not present in animal cells.
Give scientific reasons : Balsam plants wilt during mid-day even if the soil is well watered.
What is the difference between ‘flaccid’ and ‘turgid’? Give one example of flaccid condition in plants.
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.
Distinguish between the following:
Flaccid condition and turgid condition
Name the following:
The process by which wilting or drooping of leaves occurs.
Fill in the Blank
Wilting and drooping of leaves is due to loss of ________.
Multiple Choice Question:
When cell is fully turgid, which of the following will be zero?
Addition of salt to pickles is a method of killing the bacteria by ______.
Given below is the figure of a plant cell showing different kinds of pressure acting upon it. Study the figure and answer the questions that follow:
- In the figure, 1, 2 and 3 represent:
- Cytoplasm, Nucleus, Vacuole respectively
- Vacuole, Cytoplasm, Cell wall respectively.
- Cytoplasm, Cell membrane and vacuole respectively.
- Cytoplasm, Cell wall and Vacuole respectively.
- B in the figure represents:
- Osmotic pressure
- Turgor pressure
- Wall pressure
- Diffusion pressure
- A in the figure represents:
- irnbibition pressure
- Wall pressure
- Turgor pressure
- Osmotic pressure
- C in the figure represents:
- Turgor pressure
- Osmotic pressure
- Wall pressure
- Imbibition pressure
- Draw a neat and labelled diagram of a plasmolyzed plant cell.
