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प्रश्न
The figure given below is a diagrammatic representation of a part of the cross-section of the root in the root hair zone. Study the same and then answer the questions that follow :
(i) Name the parts indicated by guidelines ‘1’ to ‘5’
(ii) Is the root hair cell unicellular or multi-cellular?
(iii) Draw a labeled diagram of the root hair cell as it would appear if some fertilizer is added to the soil close to it.
(iv) Name the process responsible for the entry of water molecules from the soil into A1 and then A2.
(v) What pressure is responsible for the movement of water in the direction indicated by arrows?
(vi) How is this pressure set up?
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उत्तर
(i) 1. Vacuole (containing cell sap)
2. Soil particles
3. Xylem vessel
4. Cortex cells
5. Vacuole in cortical cells
(ii) Root hair cell is unicellular
(iii) See diagram alongside.
(iv) Osmosis
(v) Osmotic pressure
(vi) This pressure is set up due to the difference in osmotic gradient.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
The process by which root hairs absorb water from the soil.
The diagram of an given below demonstrates a particular process in plants. Study the same and answer the questions that follow :

(i) Name the apparatus.
(ii) Which phenomenon is demonstrated by this apparatus?
(iii) Explain the phenomenon mentioned in (ii) above.
(iv) State two limitations of using this apparatus.
(v) What is the importance of the air bubble in the experiment?
(vi) Name the structures in a plant through which the above process takes place.
Differentiate between the following:
Guttation and bleeding
The diagram below represents a layer of epidermal cells showing a fully grown root hair. Study the diagram and answer the questions that follow:

Draw a diagram of the above root hair cell as it would appear when a concentrated solution of fertilizers is added near it.
Study the experimental setup in the figure and then answer the question that follow.

What will you observe in the setup after about half an hour? Give reasons for your answer.
Name the following:
Water is absorbed from the soil by which part.
The tubular, colorless delicate prolongations of epidennal cells are seen in which region of root in plants?
Roots of the plants absorb water from the soil through the process of ____________.
Water in the root enters due to ______.
Name the following:
Unicellular outgrowths from the epidermis of roots.
