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प्रश्न
When the cells of a plant are fully distended, the condition is called ______.
पर्याय
Flaccidity
Shrinkage
Plasmolysis
Deplasmolysis
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उत्तर
When the cells of a plant are fully distended, the condition is called deplasmolysis.
Explanation:
A plasmolyzed cell absorbs water and becomes totally distended in a hypotonic solution.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Explain Turgor pressure
The diagram below represents a process in plants. The setup was placed in bright sunlight. Answer the following questions:

a) Name the physiological process depicted in the diagram.
Why was oil added to the water?
b) When placed in bright sunlight for four hours, what do you observe with regard to the initial and final weight of the plant? Give a suitable reason for your answer
c) What happens to the level of water when this setup is placed in:
- Humid conditions?
- Windy conditions?
d) Mention any three adaptations found in plants to overcome the process mentioned in (i).
e) Explain the term ‘Guttation’.
Differentiate between the following:
Turgidity and Flaccidity
Give reasons for the following:
If you sprinkle some common salt on grass growing on a lawn, it is killed at that spot.
Differentiate between:
Turgid and Flaccid.
Differentiate between the following
Turgor pressure and Root pressure
Give Technical Term for the following.
The pressure exerted by cell contents on a plant cell wall.
Fill in the Blank
The condition opposite to turgid is ___________.
Multiple Choice Question:
When cell is fully turgid, which of the following will be zero?
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:
- Root hair, Xylem vessel, Soil particles, Cortex respectively.
- Xylem vessel, Soil particles, Root hair, Cortex respectively.
- Root hair, Xylem vessel, Cortex, Soil particles respectively.
- Cortex, Soil particles, Xylem vessel, Root hair respectively.
- The process that enables the passage of water from soil into the root hair is:
- Diffusion
- Active transport
- Osmosis
- Passive absorption
- The kind of force which exists between a liquid and any surface is called as:
- Cohesive force
- Adhesive force
- Capillarity
- Suction force
- The kind of force between the same kind of liquid molecules is:
- Capillary force
- Transpirational pull
- Adhesive force
- Cohesive force
- Sometimes exudation of water occurs from the margin of the leaves in the early morning or night. It is termed as:
- Transpiration
- Guttation
- Bleeding
- Osmosis
