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Give Scientific Reasons : Balsam Plants Wilt During Mid-day Even If the Soil is Well Watered.

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Give scientific reasons : Balsam plants wilt during mid-day even if the soil is well watered.

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उत्तर

In case of balsam plants, the rate of transpiration during mid-day exceeds the rate of absorption of water by the roots. The cells therefore lose turgidity. In the evening or during the night, the stomata are constricted and the temperature is not very high; therefore, there is no loss of water through transpiration, and the turgidity of the leaves is re-acquired.

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2013-2014 (March) Science Paper 3

संबंधित प्रश्‍न

The diagram given below represents a plant cell after being placed in a strong sugar solution. Study the diagram and answer the questions that follow: 

  1. What is the state of the cell shown in the diagram?
  2. Name the structure that acts as a selectively permeable membrane.
  3. Label the parts numbered 1 to 4 in the diagram.
  4. How can the above cell be brought back to its original condition? Mention the scientific term for the recovery of the cell.
  5. State any two features of the above plant cell which is not present in animal cells.

The diagram below represents a process in plants. The setup was placed in bright sunlight. Answer the following questions:

a) Name the physiological process depicted in the diagram.

Why was oil added to the water?

b) When placed in bright sunlight for four hours, what do you observe with regard to the initial and final weight of the plant? Give a suitable reason for your answer

c) What happens to the level of water when this setup is placed in:

  1. Humid conditions?
  2. Windy conditions?

d) Mention any three adaptations found in plants to overcome the process mentioned in (i).

e) Explain the term ‘Guttation’.


Give the equivalent term for the following:

The condition in which the cell contents are shrunken.


Mention whether the following statement is true  or false Correct the false statement by altering the last word only. 

Cells that have lost their water content are said to be deplasmolysed. 


Give reasons for the following:

If you sprinkle some common salt on grass growing on a lawn, it is killed at that spot.


Give reason for the following:

A plant cell, when kept in a hypertonic salt solution for about 30 minutes, turns flaccid.


Distinguish between the following:

Flaccid condition and turgid condition    


When the cells of a plant are fully distended, the condition is called ______.


Addition of salt to pickles is a method of killing the bacteria by ______.


Given below is the figure of a plant cell showing different kinds of pressure acting upon it. Study the figure and answer the questions that follow:

  1. In the figure, 1, 2 and 3 represent:
    1. Cytoplasm, Nucleus, Vacuole respectively
    2. Vacuole, Cytoplasm, Cell wall respectively.
    3. Cytoplasm, Cell membrane and vacuole respectively.
    4. Cytoplasm, Cell wall and Vacuole respectively.
  2. B in the figure represents:
    1. Osmotic pressure
    2. Turgor pressure
    3. Wall pressure
    4. Diffusion pressure
  3. A in the figure represents:
    1. irnbibition pressure
    2. Wall pressure
    3. Turgor pressure
    4. Osmotic pressure
  4. C in the figure represents:
    1. Turgor pressure
    2. Osmotic pressure
    3. Wall pressure
    4. Imbibition pressure
  5. Draw a neat and labelled diagram of a plasmolyzed plant cell.

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