Advertisements
Advertisements
Question
Name the following:
Name the process by which water enters the root hair cell.
Advertisements
Solution
Osmosis
RELATED QUESTIONS
Give the equivalent terms for the following:
Pressure of the cell contents on the cell wall
Show by a series of diagrams, the change which a plant cell will undergo when placed in
Hypertonic salt solution
Define the following:
Osmosis
Two potato cubes each 1 cm3 in size, were placed separately in two containers (A and B), the container A having water and the other (B) containing concentrated sugar solution. After 24 hours when the cubes were examined, those placed in water were found to be firm and had increased slightly in size and those placed in concentrated sugar solution were found to be soft and somewhat decreased in size. Use the above information to answer the questions that follow:
Account for the softness and decrease in size of the potato cubes which were placed in sugar solution.
In an experiment, two sets of apparatus were set up as shown below:
In A there is a concentrated sugar solution inside the thistle funnel and red ink in the water outside the funnel. In B there is a concentrated glucose solution with red ink inside the thistle funnel and water outside the thistle funnel.
In both A and B the level of liquid inside the funnels rises up the tubes. In A the sugar solution turns red and in B, the water turns red.
Study the given observations and answer these questions:
- Name the process by which red ink moves in A and B.
- Which type of pressure forces the water molecules to move towards thistle funnels and cause a rise in the water level?
- Where does this process occur in plants and animals?
- What material could be used as a semi-permeable membrane?
Give Technical Term for the following.
A solution whose concentration is equal to the cell sap.
Explain the Term: Endosmosis
When a cell in solution shrinks and loses its shape, then the solution is ______.
