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प्रश्न
The bending movements of certain flowers towards the sun and the sleep movements of certain plants at night are examples of ______.
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उत्तर
The bending movements of certain flowers towards the sun and the sleep movements of certain plants at night are examples of turgor movements.
संबंधित प्रश्न
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.
Leaves of the sensitive plant wilt and droop down on a slight touch. What mechanism brings about this change?
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:
Redraw in the space provided, the diagram of the cell if it is soon placed in ordinary water for some time.
Give Reasons for the following.
It is necessary to maintain a normal osmotic concentration of the blood.
Give Reasons for the following.
Freshwater fish cannot survive in seawater.
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.
The beaker is divided into two chambers A and B. The big circle represents solute and the small circles solvent.
(i) What can you say about the size of the holes in the membrane, if it is to behave semi- permeably between these two?
(ii) Will the solvent molecules pass through the membrane from left to right, from right to left, in either direction or in both directions?
(iii) In which direction will there be a net movement of solvent molecules?
Give Technical Term for the following.
The pressure which is responsible for the movement of water molecules across the cortical cells of the root.
Mention, if the following statement is True or False. If false rewrite the wrong statement in its correct form:
The plasma membrane permits the passage of all solutes and water.
Multiple Choice Question:
When a plant wilts, the sequence of events will be as follows:
