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प्रश्न
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.
पर्याय
True
False
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उत्तर
This statement is false.
Correct statement: Cells that have lost their water content are said to be plasmolyzed.
Explanation:
Cells that have regained their water content after being plasmolyzed are said to be deplasmolysed.
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Give scientific reasons : Balsam plants wilt during mid-day even if the soil is well watered.
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A plant cell, when kept in a hypertonic salt solution for about 30 minutes, turns flaccid.
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:

- Give the term for the state of the cell it has acquired.
- Name the structure which acts as a selectively permeable membrane.
- Comment on the nature (tonicity) of the liquid surrounding the cell.
- Name any one feature of this plant cell which is not present in an animal cell.
- Redraw in the space provided, the diagram of the cell if it is soon placed in ordinary water for some time.
Distinguish between the following:
Flaccid condition and turgid condition
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Turgor pressure and Root pressure
The below diagram represents a plant cell after being placed in a strong sugar solution. Guidelines 1 to 5 indicate the following:
1. Cell wall
2. Plasma membrane.
3. Protoplasm
4. Large vacuole
5. Nucleus
Study the diagram and answer the questions that follow :
(i) What is the state of the cell shown in the diagram?
(ii) Name the structure which acts as a selectively permeable membrane.
(iii) If the cell had been placed in distilled water instead of a strong sugar solution which features: would not have been present?
(iv) If the cell in the diagram possessed chloroplasts where would these be present?
(v) Name any one feature of this plant cell which is not present in animal cells.
Give Technical Term for the following.
The pressure exerted by cell contents on a plant cell wall.
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Flaccidity is the reverse of turgidity.
The figure given below is a diagrammatic representation of a part of the cross-section of the root in the root hair zone. Study the same and then answer the questions that follow:

- The parts labelled as 1, 2, 3 and 4 are:
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- Xylem vessel, Soil particles, Root hair, Cortex respectively.
- Root hair, Xylem vessel, Cortex, Soil particles respectively.
- Cortex, Soil particles, Xylem vessel, Root hair respectively.
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- Cohesive force
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- Capillary force
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- Sometimes exudation of water occurs from the margin of the leaves in the early morning or night. It is termed as:
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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:

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