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प्रश्न
Give Reasons for the following.
Drops of water on a leaf of plant like peepal does not enter the leaf by osmosis?
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उत्तर
Due to the presence of cuticle, which does not allow water molecules to pass through it.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Choose the correct answer:
Grapes when placed in a strong sugar solution shrink because of __________
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?
A plant cell kept in a drop of water was examined under the low power magnification of a microscope, as shown:
(i) What would you do to bring this cell back to its original condition?
(ii) What scientific term is used for such condition?
(iii) Draw the same cell if it is kept in a strong sugar solution.
The diagram below represents an experimental set up to demonstrate a vital process. Study the same and then answer the questions that follow:
(i) Name the process.
(ii) Define the above named process.
(iii) What would you observe in the experimental setup after an hour or so?
(iv) What control experiment can be set up for the above experiment?
(v) Keeping in mind the root hair cell and its surrounding name the part that corresponds to (1) Concentrated sugar solution, (2) Parchment paper, (3) Water in the beaker.
(vi) Name any other substance that can be used instead of parchment paper in the above experiment.
(vii) Mention two advantages of this process to the plant.
Name the following:
Condition of cell in which the cell content are shrunken.
Mention, if the following statement is True or False. If false rewrite the wrong statement in its correct form:
Cells that have lost their water content are said to be deplasmolysed.
Multiple Choice Question:
In the process of osmosis in a cell:
Multiple Choice Question:
Plasma membrane controls:
Explain the term:
Plasmolysis
