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Question
Given below is the figure of an experimental set up to demonstrate root pressure.
(i) Define root pressure.
(ii) What change would you observe in the water level after some time?
(iii) What role is being played by the root pressure in the given experiment?
(iv) Why the oil has been sprinkled on water?
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Solution
(i) The collective force exerted by the cortical cells of the root in forcing water upward into the xylem is known as root pressure.
(ii) The water level will rise in the glass tube.
(iii) Root pressure is forcing the water up in the stem.
(iv) To prevent evaporation of water from the tube.
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