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प्रश्न
What is the difference between ‘flaccid’ and ‘turgid’? Give one example of flaccid condition in plants.
उत्तर
The cell is said to be turgid when the plant cell wall becomes rigid and stretched by an increase in the volume of vacuoles due to the absorption of water when placed in hypotonic solution. On the other hand, the cell is said to be flaccid when the cell contents get shrunken when the cell is placed in hypertonic solution and the cell is no more tight. Flaccidity is the reverse of turgidity. Example: Weeds can be killed in a playground by sprinkling excessive salts around their base.
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A plant cell when immersed in hypertonic solution like salt solution for about 30 minutes will become flaccid or limp.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Explain Turgor pressure
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a) Name the physiological process depicted in the diagram.
Why was oil added to the water?
b) When placed in bright sunlight for four hours, what do you observe with regard to the initial and final weight of the plant? Give a suitable reason for your answer
c) What happens to the level of water when this setup is placed in:
- Humid conditions?
- Windy conditions?
d) Mention any three adaptations found in plants to overcome the process mentioned in (i).
e) Explain the term ‘Guttation’.
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The condition in which the cell contents are shrunken.
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If you sprinkle some common salt on grass growing on a lawn, it is killed at that spot.
Give suitable biological reasons for the following statement:
Root hairs become flaccid and droop when excess fertilizers are added to the moist soil around them.
Mention whether the following statement is true (T) or false (F) and give an explanation in support of your answer.
Soaked seeds burst into three seed coats.
Give Technical Term for the following.
A cell in a fully extended condition.
Mention, if the following statement is True or False. If false rewrite the wrong statement in its correct form:
Flaccidity is the reverse of turgidity.
The hydrostatic pressure of the cell sap on the cell wall is called ______.
Addition of salt to pickles is a method of killing the bacteria by ______.
