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प्रश्न
The hydrostatic pressure of the cell sap on the cell wall is called ______.
पर्याय
Turgor pressure
Osmotic pressure
Wall pressure
Atmospheric pressure
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उत्तर
The hydrostatic pressure of the cell sap on the cell wall is called Turgor pressure.
Explanation:
Turgor pressure is the force exerted by cell contents against the cell wall.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Explain Turgor pressure
The state of a cell in which the cell wall is rigid and stretched by the increase in volume due to the absorption of water is called.
Differentiate between the following:
Turgor pressure and wall pressure
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.
Differentiate between the following
Turgor pressure and Root pressure
Name the following:
The process by which wilting or drooping of leaves occurs.
Name the following:
The condition in which the contents of a cell exert pressure against the cell wall making it distended.
Fill in the Blank
Wilting and drooping of leaves is due to loss of ________.
Give the equivalent term for the following:
Pressure exerted by the cell contents on the cell wall.
