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प्रश्न
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:
Comment on the nature (tonicity) of the liquid surrounding the cell.
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उत्तर
The liquid is hypertonic solution. It has higher solute concentration outside the cell than the fluids inside the cell.
संबंधित प्रश्न
Leaves of the sensitive plant wilt and droop down on a slight touch. What mechanism brings about this change?
Define the term:
Plasmolysis
Name the following:
The pressure with which the molecules of a substance diffuse.
Name the following:
Movement of molecules from a region of high concentration to a region of low concentration.
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:
Name and define the physical process being investigated in this experiment.
Define the cohesive force.
What is the water potential?
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?
