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प्रश्न
The diagram given below is of an experiment just at the start. Study the diagram carefully and answer the following questions :
(i) What does the experiment demonstrate?
(ii) Define, the process demonstrated in the experiment.
(iii) What changes are observed after a few hours?
(iv) Give two examples of a semi-permeable membrane.
(v) Which limb of the U-tube contains a more concentrated sucrose solution, A or B?
(vi) Why is the membrane separating the two solutions labeled as semi-permeable membrane?
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उत्तर
(i) The process of osmosis.
(ii) Osmosis is a special type of diffusion of solvent molecules through a semi-permeable membrane from a region of their higher concentration to the lower concentration region, but not vice versa.
(iii) The level of water in column A will rise along with the passage of time and will ultimately stop when the concentration of water molecules are equal on both sides of the membrane.
(iv) (a) Parchment paper, (b) Egg membrane.
(v) Solution A.
(vi) It permits the movement of only water molecules to pass through it.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Define the term:
Plasmolysis
Name the following:
The inward movement of solvent molecules through the plasma membrane of the cell.
Choose the correct answer:
Grapes when placed in a strong sugar solution shrink because of __________
Two potato cubes each 1 cm3 in size, were placed separately in two containers (A and B), the container A having water and the other (B) containing concentrated sugar solution. After 24 hours when the cubes were examined, those placed in water were found to be firm and had increased slightly in size and those placed in concentrated sugar solution were found to be soft and somewhat decreased in size. Use the above information to answer the questions that follow:
Account for the softness and decrease in size of the potato cubes which were placed in sugar solution.
Give Reasons for the following.
It is necessary to maintain a normal osmotic concentration of the blood.
The beaker is divided into two chambers A and B. The big circle represents solute and the small circles solvent.
(i) What can you say about the size of the holes in the membrane, if it is to behave semi- permeably between these two?
(ii) Will the solvent molecules pass through the membrane from left to right, from right to left, in either direction or in both directions?
(iii) In which direction will there be a net movement of solvent molecules?
Give Technical Term for the following.
The pressure which is responsible for the movement of water molecules across the cortical cells of the root.
Name the following:
The movement of a liquid through a selectively permeable membrane.
Fill in the Blanks
Diffusion is the movement of molecules from a region of their ________ concentration to the region of their ________ concentration.
Explain the Term:
Osmosis
