Home
Class 12
CHEMISTRY
Why does water from the soil rise to the...

Why does water from the soil rise to the top of a tall tree?

Text Solution

Verified by Experts

Due to osmosis through the roots because root cell walls are made up of semipermeable membrane.
Promotional Banner

Topper's Solved these Questions

  • SOLUTIONS

    PRADEEP|Exercise ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS (SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS)|60 Videos

  • SOLUTIONS

    PRADEEP|Exercise ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS (LONG ANSWER QUESTIONS)|20 Videos

  • SOLUTIONS

    PRADEEP|Exercise NCERT (EXEMPLAR PROBLEMS WITH ANSWERS, HINTS AND SOLUTIONS) (LONG ANSWER QUESTIONS)|9 Videos

  • REDOX REACTIONS

    PRADEEP|Exercise Assertion reason type question|16 Videos

  • SOME BASIC CONCEPTS OF CHEMISTRY

    PRADEEP|Exercise Competition (FOCUS) JEE (Main and Advanced)/Medical Entrance SPECIAL (VIII. Assertion-Reason Type Questions)(Type II)|13 Videos

Similar Questions

Explore conceptually related problems

The factor or process which best explains the rise of water from roots (100 mts) to the top of tall tree is

Which contributes most to the transport of water from the soil to the leaves of a tree ?

Which contributes most to the transport of water from the soil to the leaves of a tree ?

Why does hard water not from lather with soap ?

In the houses far away from the municipal water tanks often water does not rise to the top floor. This happens because

The angle of depression of a point on the ground from the top of a tree is 60^(@) . Lowering down 20 m from the top, the angle of depression changes to 30^(@) . Find the distance between the point and the foot of the tree. Also find the height of the tree.

If the angles of depression of the top and bottom of a short building from the top of a tall building are 30^(@) and 60^(@) respectively,then the ratio of the heights of short and tall building is

When observer at a distance of 12m from a tree looks at the top of the tree, the angle of elevation is 60^(@) . What is the height of the tree? (sqrt(3)=1.73)

PRADEEP-SOLUTIONS-ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS (VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS)
  1. Write the expression for relative lowering of vapour pressure

    Text Solution

    |

  2. What are isotonic solutions ? Give one example .

    Text Solution

    |

  3. What is van't Hoff equation for dilute solution?

    Text Solution

    |

  4. Why does water from the soil rise to the top of a tall tree?

    Text Solution

    |

  5. What happens when blood cells are placed in pure water?

    Text Solution

    |

  6. Define reverse osmosis. Give one use of it.

    Text Solution

    |

  7. Define osmotic pressure.

    Text Solution

    |

  8. What happens when the external pressure applied becomes more than the ...

    Text Solution

    |

  9. Define molal elevation constant or ebullioscopic constant?

    Text Solution

    |

  10. Define molal depression constant or cryoscopic constant.

    Text Solution

    |

  11. Give one most important application of the phenomenon of depression in...

    Text Solution

    |

  12. Between 2 M glucose solution and 1 M glucose, which one has a lower fr...

    Text Solution

    |

  13. What is an antifreeze?

    Text Solution

    |

  14. How muCHM molecular mass of NaCl is obtained experimentally using coll...

    Text Solution

    |

  15. How is the colligative property of solution changed when a solute in a...

    Text Solution

    |

  16. Calculate the value of van't Hoff factor for a dilute solution of K(2)...

    Text Solution

    |

  17. Arrange the following solutions in increasing order of their van't Hof...

    Text Solution

    |

  18. Give an example of a compound in which hydrogen bonding results in the...

    Text Solution

    |

  19. When is the value of van't Hoff factor more than one?

    Text Solution

    |

  20. What is the van't Hoff factor for a compound which undergoes tetrameri...

    Text Solution

    |