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प्रश्न
Explain the Term: Osmosis
उत्तर
Osmosis: Osmosis is a special type of diffusion which involves the movement of solvent molecules from a region of their higher concentration to their lower concentration.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
What is responsible for guttation?
Give the equivalent terms for the following:
Pressure of the cell contents on the cell wall
Two potato cubes each 1 cm3 in size, were placed separately in two containers (A&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 had somewhat decreased in size. Use the above information to answer the questions that follow:
Account for the firmness and increase in the size of the potato cubes placed in water.
Distinguish between the following:
Plasmolysis and deplasmolysis
Name the following:
Condition of cell in which the cell contents are shrunken.
Explain why:
The leaves of wilted lettuce, if kept in cold water, become crisp.
Choose the correct answer:
Osmosis involves diffusion of ___________
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.
What is the water potential?
Mention, if the following statement is True or False. If false rewrite the wrong statement in its correct form:
Plasmolysis makes the cell turgid.
