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Question
Distinguish between the following:
Turgor pressure and osmotic pressure
Solution
| Turgor pressure | osmotic pressure |
| In a turgid cell , the pressure of the cell contents on the cell wall is called turgor pressure . | The pressure by which the water molecules tend to cross the semi-permeable membrance is called the osmotic pressure . |
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