Advertisements
Advertisements
Question
Give Reasons for the following.
Drops of water on a leaf of plant like peepal does not enter the leaf by osmosis?
Advertisements
Solution
Due to the presence of cuticle, which does not allow water molecules to pass through it.
APPEARS IN
RELATED QUESTIONS
Name the following:
The condition of a cell placed in a hypotonic solution.
Differentiate between the following:
Plasmolysis and deplasmolysis
Choose the correct answer:
Osmosis involves diffusion of ___________
Differentiate between:
Osmosis and Diffusion
In the figure below ‘A’ shows a cell in the normal state and ‘B’ shows the same cell after leaving it in a certain solution for a few minutes.
(i) Describe the change which has occurred in the cell as seen in B.
(ii) Give the technical term for the condition of the cell as reached in B and as it was in A.
(iii) Define the process which led to this condition.
(iv) What was the solution-isotonic, hypotonic or hypertonic, in which the cell was kept?
(v) How can the cell in B, be brought back to its original condition?
(vi) Name the parts numbered 1 to 3.
Give Technical Term for the following.
A solution whose concentration is greater than that of the cell sap.
Name the following:
The process by which raisins swell up when placed in a beaker of water.
Name the following:
Condition of cell in which the cell content are shrunken.
Multiple Choice Question:
Plasma membrane controls:
