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Question
Differentiate between the following:
Turgor pressure and wall pressure
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Solution
| Turgor Pressure | Wall Pressure | ||
| 1. | The hydrostatic pressure that endosmosis creates against the cell wall is known as turgor pressure. | 1. | The force that the cell wall exerts against turgor pressure is known as wall pressure. |
| 2. | Turgor pressure acts on the cell wall. | 2. | Cell wall pressure is generated by the cell wall. |
| 3. | Turgor pressure keeps plant stems upright, expands leaves and aids in the opening and closing of stomata, among other things. | 3. | Wall pressure maintains cell and plant structure. |
| 4. | The direction of Turgor pressure is towards the outside. | 4. | The direction of wall pressure is towards the inside of the cell. |
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The diagram given below represents a plant cell after being placed in a strong sugar solution. Study the diagram and answer the questions that follow:
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A plant cell, when kept in a hypertonic salt solution for about 30 minutes, turns flaccid.
Differentiate between:
Turgid and Flaccid.
Differentiate between the following:
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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
The condition opposite to turgid is ___________.
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.
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- A in the figure represents:
- irnbibition pressure
- Wall pressure
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- Osmotic pressure
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- Turgor pressure
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- Wall pressure
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- Draw a neat and labelled diagram of a plasmolyzed plant cell.
