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उत्तर
Root hairs absorb maximum water because in this region, the xylem is not fully mature but the epidermis and endodermis are still permeable to water.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Mention whether the following statement is true or false. Correct the false statement by altering the last word only.
Xylem is the water conducting tissue in plants.
How is root hair adapted for the absorption of water from the soil?
Explain why:
Raisins swell up in water.
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?
A thin strip of epidermal cells from the fleshy scales of an onion bulb was examined in a drop of water, under a microscope. All the epidermal cells looked alike and the figure alongside represents one of them. The thin strip was then transferred to a drop of strong sugar solution and re-examined under the microscope after about five minutes.
(i) Make a sketch of one of the epidermal cells, as it might appear after immersion in a strong sugar solution. Label any two parts which have undergone a change.
(ii) Give the scientific term for the change shown in Q.(i) above.
(iii) What would you do to bring this cell back to its original condition?
(iv) Give the scientific term used for the recovery of the cell as a result of the step taken in Q.(iii) above.
Name the following:
The kind of cells that constitute the cortex of a root.
Give Technical Term for the following.
Tissue which transports manufactured food from leaves to other parts of the plant.
What is the composition of inner layer of root hair?
Write a note on the morphological structure of the root.
____________plants like orchids absorb water vapours from air with the help of epiphytic roots having special tissue called velamen.
