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Question
Give reasons for the following:
If you sprinkle some common salt on grass growing on a lawn, it is killed at that spot.
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Solution
Common salt, when sprinkled on the grass, causes the plasmolysis of grass cells, ultimately leading to their death. Hence, if we sprinkle some common salt on grass growing on a lawn, it is killed on the spot.
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