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प्रश्न
The below figure shows a root hair:
(i) Label the parts 1 to 4.
(ii) What is the role of part 4?
(iii) Why is the root hair one-celled?
(iv) What will happen to the root hair if some fertilizer is added to the soil near the root hair?
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उत्तर
(i) 1. Nucleus
2. Vacuole
3. Cell wall
4. Cell membrane
(ii) Part 4 is the cell membrane. It is semi-permeable. It allows only water molecules to pass through it.
(iii) Because it is an extension of epiblema cell.
(iv) By the addition of fertilizer, root hair becomes flaccid, because water will move out of it as soil water becomes hypertonic.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
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
(i) Name the parts indicated by the guidelines 1 to 4.
(ii) Which is the process that enables the passage of water from the soil into the root hair?
(iii) Name the pressure that is responsible for the movement of water in the direction indicated by the arrows. Define it.
(iv) Due to an excess of this pressure sometimes drops of water are found along the leaf margins of some plants especially in the early mornings. What is the phenomenon called?
(v) Draw a well labelled diagram of the root hair cell as it would appear if an excess of fertiliser is added to the soil close to it.
How does movement and absorption of water take place through the roots?
Concentration of mineral nutrient elements is higher inside the root hairs than in the surrounding soil. How do roots take them in from the soil?
Choose the correct answer:
An example of a selective permeable membrane is __________
The diagram below represents a layer of epidermal cells showing a fully grown root hair. Study the diagram and answer the questions that follow:
Draw a diagram of the above root hair cell as it would appear when a concentrated solution of fertilizers is added near it.
Name the following:
The solution outside the cell having lower solute concentration than the fluids.
Multiple Choice Question:
In soil, water available for absorption by root is ______.
Outer layer of root hair is made up of ________.
The tubular, colorless delicate prolongations of epidennal cells are seen in which region of root in plants?
