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प्रश्न
Grapes shrink when immersed in a very strong sugar solution.” Explain.
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उत्तर
Very strong sugar solution is hypertonic to the grapes juice. Therefore, water from inside the grapes moves to outside hypertonic solution. It results shrinkage of the grapes.
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Draw a magnified view of the root-hair, and describe, how it helps in the absorption of water from the soil.
Match the items in column I with those in column II
| Column I | Column II | ||
| (a) | Xylem | (i) | semi - permeable |
| (b) | Phloem | (ii) | permeable |
| (c) | Cell membrane | (iii) | downward flow of sap |
| (d) | Root pressure | (iv) | upward flow of water |
| (e) | Cell wall | (v) | guttation |
The figure shows a diagrammatic representation of the movement of certain substances inside the stem of a certain plant. Write five sentences on whatever you can explain about the processes or the arrangement of structures indicated in the diagram.
Note: - Each sentence must include one or more of the following four words, and each word can be used several times. Xylem, phloem, roots, leaves.

Choose the correct answer:
An example of a selective permeable membrane is __________
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Leaves get wilted if _________ is removed from the plant.
Inner layer of root hair is made up of ______.
Part of the root that absorbs water from the soil is ______.
The tubular, colorless delicate prolongations of epidennal cells are seen in which region of root in plants?
Aquatic animals like fish excrete their wastes in gaseous form as ______.
Root hair is a cytoplasmic extension of ______.
