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Name the following:
The inward movement of solvent molecules through the plasma membrane of the cell.
Name the term for the inward movement of solvent molecules through the plasma membrane of a cell.
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Solution
Endosmosis
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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?
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The pressure with which the molecules of a substance diffuse.
Explain why:
Bacteria and fungi do not grow in pickles, jams, jellies and squashes.
Choose the correct answer:
Osmosis involves diffusion of ___________
Give Reasons for the following.
We gargle with saline water in case of throat infection.
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.
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A solution whose concentration is equal to the cell sap.
DPD of a cell can be expressed as ______
