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प्रश्न
The diagram below represents a layer of epidermal cells showing a fully grown root hair. Study the diagram and answer the questions that follow:

Mention one distinct difference between the parts labelled A and B.
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उत्तर
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Cell wall |
Cell membrane |
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The cell wall of a root hair is freely permeable and allows both salt and water to pass through. |
The cell membrane of a root hair is semi-permeable and does not allow large dissolved salt molecules to pass through. |
संबंधित प्रश्न
What are root hair? Mention the function performed by the root hair.
Name the following:
The process by which water enters root hairs.
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 |
What part is played by the cell wall?
What part is played by The cytoplasm in the uptake of water into the root hair?
Study the experimental setup in the figure and then answer the question that follow.

Explain the phenomenon mention in question 8.1 .
Grapes shrink when immersed in a very strong sugar solution.” Explain.
Minerals cannot be passively absorbed by the roots.
Epiphytic plants like orchids absorb water vapours from air with the help of epiphytic roots having special tissue called ____________.
Roots of the plants absorb water from the soil through the process of ____________.
