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Question
Name the following:
Name the process by which water enters the root hair cell.
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Solution
Osmosis
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Name the following:
The condition of a cell placed in a hypotonic solution.
The bending movements of certain flowers towards the sun and the sleep movements of certain plants at night are examples of ______.
Distinguish between the following:
Plasmolysis and deplasmolysis
Choose the correct answer:
Plasmolysis will occur when the cell is placed in a __________
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 a diagrammatic representation of plasmolysis in a cell.
Mention, if the following statement is True or False. If false rewrite the wrong statement in its correct form:
Osmosis is defined as the movement of water from a concentrated sugar solution to a dilute sugar solution.
Explain the term:
Diffusion
When a cell in solution shrinks and loses its shape, then the solution is ______.
