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How imbibition is important for plants ?

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Significance of imbibition:
(i) During germination of seeds, imbibition increases the volume of seed enormously and leads to bursting of the seed coat.
(ii) It help in the absorption of water by roots at the initial level.
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FULL MARKS-TRANSPORT IN PLANTS -Additional Questions Solved (II. Very Short Answer Type Questions )
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  2. List out the substances that are transported by facilitated diffusion...

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  3. How imbibition is important for plants ?

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  4. Define water potential

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  5. Define the term osmotic pressure. Describe how the molecular mass of a...

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  6. Mention the symbolic representation of water potential and osmotic p...

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  7. Mention the alternate terminologies and symbolic representation of so...

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  8. Expand and Define TP.

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  9. Which combination of pressures makes a cell full turgid ?

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  10. Define diffusioni pressure deficit.

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  11. Why DPD is also called as suction pressure ?

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  12. Define osmosis .

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  13. Write the significance of plasmolysis.

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  14. What happens if a plant cell is treated with hypertonic solution ?

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  15. Give an example for plasmolysis and also mention the types of plasmoly...

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  16. Draw a schematic diagram to show reverse osmosis.

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  17. If a cell in the cortex with DPD of 5 atm is surrounded by hypodermal...

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  18. Arrange in correct sequence in concern with pathway of water in root...

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  19. Name the possible routes for the path of water across root cells.

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  20. What are the objections to osmotic active absorption theory ?

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