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प्रश्न
Give Reasons for the following.
Plants begin to die when the excess of soluble fertilizers are added to the soil?
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उत्तर
Excess application of soluble fertilizers in soil makes the soil solution hypertonic than cell sap, hence exosmosis takes place and plants begin to die.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
A plant cell placed in a certain solution got plasmolysed. What was the kind of solution?
Give the equivalent terms for the following:
Pressure of the cell contents on the cell wall
Mention whether the following statement is true or false. Correct the false statement by altering the last word only.
Addition of salt to pickles prevents growth of bacteria because they turn turgid.
The diagram given below represents an experimental set-up to demonstrate a certain process. Study the same and answer the questions that follow:
- Name the process.
- Define the above-named process.
- What would you observe in the experimental set-up after an hour or so?
- What control experiment can be set up for comparison?
- Keeping in mind the root hair, cell and its surroundings, name the parts that correspond to
- concentrated sugar solution
- parchment paper
- water in the beaker
- Name any other material that can be used instead of parchment paper in the above experiment.
- Mention two advantages of the process for the plants.
Define the following:
Hypertonic solution
Give a diagrammatic representation of plasmolysis in a cell.
The apparatus arranged here 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?
(v) Define the process mentioned in Q. (i) above.
Fill in the Blanks
Osmosis in the diffusion of _______ molecules from the region of higher _____ potential to that of lower potential across a S.P.M.
Define the following term:
Osmotic Pressure
Define the following term:
Tonicity
