Absorption BY Roots
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1) Name the following
a) The pressure responsible for the movement of water molecules
across the cortical cells of the root.
b) The process by which water enters the root hair cell.
c) The pressure exerted by cell contents on a plant cell wall.
d) Condition of cell in which the cell contents are shrunken.
e) The inward movement of solvent molecules through the plasma
membrane of a Cell.
f) The process by which resins swell up when placed in a beaker of
water.
g) Movement of molecules from a region of high concentration to a
region of low concentration.
h) The upward movement of water and minerals.
i) The unique property of water which make it possible to rise in tall
trees.
j) The disclike structures of chloroplast in which chlorophyll is present.
k) Exhudation of watery sap from an injured part of the plants.
l) The process of uptake of mineral ions against the concentration
gradient using energy from the cell.
2) Differentiate between:
a) Cobalt chloride paper and goat bladder.
b) Hypotonic and hypertonic solution
c) Active transport and passive transport.
d) Plasmolysis and deplasmolysis.
e) Turgor pressure and wall pressure
3) Give biological reasons for:
a) Some plants show wilting of their lives during midday, even when the
soil is well watered.
b) Wilted lettuce Leaves, if kept in cold water, become crisp.
c) Plants growing in fertilised soil are often found to wilt if the soil is not
adequately watered.
d) Root hairs become flaccid when fertilizers are added to moist soil
around it.
e) Strips of potato placed in 50% sucrose solution appeared soft and
shriveled.
f) Plants begin to die while excess of soluble fertilisers are added to
soil./ Root hairs become flaccid and droop when excess fertilisers are
added to the moist soil around them.
g) We gargle with saline solution in case of threat infection.
h) Bacteria and fungi do not grow in pickles, jams, jellies and squashes.
i) It is better to transplant seedlings in a flower bed in the evening and
not in the morning.
j) If you sprinkle some common salt on growing grass on a lawn, it is
killed at that spot.
4) F.I.B
a) The first process by which water enters into the seat coat when a
seed is placed in a situation for germination is ________
b) Root pressure is measured by ________
c) Metabolic energy of the cell is utilized in ________ absorption of
water.
d) When plants absorb water from the soil. The water potential of root
cell is ________ than the soil.
e) The solution which has the same concentration of dissolved particles
as inside the cell is called ________ .
f) The loss of turgor of guard cells result in ________ of stomata.
5) The following paragraph is related to absorption of water from the soil.
Copy and complete the following paragraph by selecting the correct
word from those given in the box.You may use the term only once.
[ Exosmosis,Hypertonic,Osmosis,Isotonic,Hypotonic,Cortical,Endosmosis]
Water enters the route here from the soil by the process(1)________. This is
because the solution in the soil is(2)________ whereas the cell sap in the root
hair cell is(3)________. The water then passes through the(4) ________ cell by
cell to cell(5)________ and reaches the xylem of the root.
6) Choose the odd one out from the following terms and name the
category to which the others belong:
a) Stomatal movement, Maintaining plants temperature, Cell division,
Mechanical functions.
b) Manganese, Zinc, Calcium, Chlorophyll.
c) Cellophane paper, Parchment paper, Muslin cloth, Egg membrane.
d) Banana, Watermelon, Grass, Tomato.
e) Soilwater, Cortex, Xylem, Root hair.
7) Potato cubes 1 cm in size were placed in two containers, one containing
water, the other containing concentrated sugar solution. After about 24
hours when the cubes were examined, then those placed in water were
found to be firm and had increased in size by a few millimeters. Those
placed in concentrated sugar solution were found to be soft and had
decreased in size. Use the above information to answer the questions
that follow:
a) Account for the firmness and increase in size of the potato cubes, which
were placed in water.
b) Account for the softness and decrease in size of the potato cubes which
were placed in the sugar solution.
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