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प्रश्न
The state of a cell in which the cell wall is rigid and stretched by the increase in volume due to the absorption of water is called.
विकल्प
Flaccidity
Turgidity
Capillarity
Tonicity
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उत्तर
Turgidity
संबंधित प्रश्न
A plant cell may burst when :
Explain Turgor pressure
Give the equivalent term for the following:
The condition in which the cell contents are shrunken.
A leaf cell of a water plant was placed in a liquid other than pond water. After sometime, it assumed a shape as shown below:

- Give the term for the state of the cell it has acquired.
- Name the structure which acts as a selectively permeable membrane.
- Comment on the nature (tonicity) of the liquid surrounding the cell.
- Name any one feature of this plant cell which is not present in an animal cell.
- Redraw in the space provided, the diagram of the cell if it is soon placed in ordinary water for some time.
Distinguish between the following:
Flaccid condition and turgid condition
Mention whether the following statement is true (T) or false (F) and give an explanation in support of your answer.
Soaked seeds burst into three seed coats.
The below diagram represents a plant cell after being placed in a strong sugar solution. Guidelines 1 to 5 indicate the following:
1. Cell wall
2. Plasma membrane.
3. Protoplasm
4. Large vacuole
5. Nucleus
Study the diagram and answer the questions that follow :
(i) What is the state of the cell shown in the diagram?
(ii) Name the structure which acts as a selectively permeable membrane.
(iii) If the cell had been placed in distilled water instead of a strong sugar solution which features: would not have been present?
(iv) If the cell in the diagram possessed chloroplasts where would these be present?
(v) Name any one feature of this plant cell which is not present in animal cells.
Give Technical Term for the following.
A cell in a fully extended condition.
Name the following:
The process by which wilting or drooping of leaves occurs.
Fill in the Blank
Wilting and drooping of leaves is due to loss of ________.
