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प्रश्न
Give Technical Term for the following.
The pressure which is responsible for the movement of water molecules across the cortical cells of the root.
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उत्तर
Osmotic pressure
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संबंधित प्रश्न
A candidate in order to study the process of osmosis has taken 3 potato cubes and put them in 3 different beakers containing 3 different solutions. After 24 hours, in the first beaker the potato cube increased in size, in the second beaker the potato cube decreased in size and in the third beaker there was no change in the size of the potato cube. The following diagram shows the result of the same experiment:
(i) Give the technical terms of the solutions used in beakers, 1, 2 and 3.
(ii) In beaker 3, the size of the potato cube remains the same. Explain the reason in brief.
(iii) Write the specific feature of the cell sap of root hairs which helps in absorption of water.
(iv) What is osmosis?
(v) How does a cell wall and a cell membrane differ in their permeability?
Mention whether the following statement is true or false. Correct the false statement by altering the last word only.
The shrinkage of protoplasm, when a cell is kept in hypotonic solution.
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:
Account for the softness and decrease in size of the potato cubes which were placed in sugar solution.
What do you mean by transpiration pull ?
Give Reasons for the following.
Plants begin to die when the excess of soluble fertilizers are added to the soil?
Give a diagrammatic representation of plasmolysis in a cell.
Fill in the Blank
Raisin swells up when kept in a __________ solution.
Multiple Choice Question:
Osmosis involves:
Explain the term:
Plasmolysis
Define the following term:
Tonicity
