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प्रश्न
Draw a cross-section of root showing association of soil particles with root hairs.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Which one of the following is a characteristic NOT related with the suitability of the roots for absorbing water?
What part is played by the following in the uptake of water into the root hair?
The cell wall
Grapes shrink when immersed in a very strong sugar solution.” Explain.
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.
Column ‘II’ is a list of items related to ideas in Column ‘I’. Match the term in Column ‘II’ with a suitable idea given in Column ‘I’.
| Column I | Column II |
| (i) Diffusion | (a) The exit or flow of water from the cell to the outer environment. |
| (ii) Xylem | (b) The shrinkage of protoplasm when the cell is kept in a hypertonic solution. |
| (iii) Root pressure | (c) The tissue through which water and mineral salts move upward in a plant. |
| (iv) Isotonic solution | (d) Two solutions which have equal osmotic pressure. |
| (v) Exosmosis | (e) The process by which the molecules of perfume spread in the room when the bottle is open. |
| (vi) Osmosis | (f) The process by which roots absorb water from the soil. |
| (vii) Plasmolysis | (g) The pressure by which water rises up to some feet in a lofty tree. |
| (viii) Hypotonic solution | (h) The concentration of the solution when lower than that of the cell sap. |
Describe structure of root hair.
Outer layer of root hair is made up of ________.
Draw a neat and labelled diagram of Root hair.
Water which is absorbed by roots is transported to aerial parts of the plant through ______
