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प्रश्न
What part is played by the following in the uptake of water into the root hair?
The cell wall
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उत्तर
The cell wall separates the two solutions, cell sap and soil solution and is permeable, which means it allows water to enter the root hair cells by endosmosis.
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संबंधित 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 the guidelines 1 to 4.
(ii) Which is the process that enables the passage of water from the soil into the root hair?
(iii) Name the pressure that is responsible for the movement of water in the direction indicated by the arrows. Define it.
(iv) Due to an excess of this pressure sometimes drops of water are found along the leaf margins of some plants especially in the early mornings. What is the phenomenon called?
(v) Draw a well labelled diagram of the root hair cell as it would appear if an excess of fertiliser is added to the soil close to it.
the exact location of the Lenticels
Which one of the following is a characteristic NOT related with the suitability of the roots for absorbing water?
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.
The diagram given below represents the result of an experiment conducted on two freshly taken shoots of a green herbaceous plant. The lower ends dip in the water.

(i) What is the aim of the experiment?
(ii) Some parts of the stem in both the shoots have been removed. Name the conducting tissue in shoot A and in shoot B, that has been removed.
(iii) What are the results of this experiment?
Given below is an experimental demonstration.

(i) Which phenomenon has been demonstrated in the given figure?
(ii) What is the solute and what is solvent in the above experiment?
(iii) Define the phenomenon in Q. (i) above.
(iv) Give one example from your daily life experiences based on this principle.
Name the following:
The kind of cells that constitute the cortex of a root.
What is the composition of an outer layer of root hair?
____________ regions are present in a typical root.
