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Multiple Choice Question:
Marine fish when thrown under tap water bursts because of:
Options
Endosmosis
Diffusion
Exosmosis
Plasmolysis
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Solution
Endosmosis
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Differentiate between Diffusion and Osmosis (Definition)
A candidate in order to study the process of osmosis has taken 3 potato cubes and put them in 3 different beakers containing 3 different solutions. After 24 hours, in the first beaker the potato cube increased in size, in the second beaker the potato cube decreased in size and in the third beaker there was no change in the size of the potato cube. The following diagram shows the result of the same experiment:
(i) Give the technical terms of the solutions used in beakers, 1, 2 and 3.
(ii) In beaker 3, the size of the potato cube remains the same. Explain the reason in brief.
(iii) Write the specific feature of the cell sap of root hairs which helps in absorption of water.
(iv) What is osmosis?
(v) How does a cell wall and a cell membrane differ in their permeability?
Give the appropriate biological or technical term for the following.
Movement of molecules of a substance from their higher concentration to lower concentration when they are in direct contact.
Movement of molecules of a substance from the region of their higher concentration to the region of their lower concentration without the involvement a separating membrane, is called
The bending movements of certain flowers towards the sun and the sleep movements of certain plants at night are examples of ______.
Define the term:
Plasmolysis
Distinguish between the following:
Hypotonic and Hypertonic solutions
Explain why:
We gargle with saline solution in case of throat infection.
A plant cell kept in a drop of water was examined under the low power magnification of a microscope, as shown:
(i) What would you do to bring this cell back to its original condition?
(ii) What scientific term is used for such condition?
(iii) Draw the same cell if it is kept in a strong sugar solution.
Mention, if the following statement is True or False. If false rewrite the wrong statement in its correct form:
During exosmosis, water moves from inside the cell to the outside of the cell.
