DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY (HPS B)

ABSORPTION OF WATER

CLASS 10

Question 1: Name the following.

1.The pressure which is responsible for the movement of water molecules across
the cortical cells of the root.
2. The kind of cells that constitute the cortex of a root.
3. The condition of a cell placed in a hypertonic solution.
4. The solution whose concentration is more than that of the cell sap.
5. The tissue responsible for the ascent of sap in plants.
6. The tissue that transports manufactured starch from the leaves to all the parts
of the plant.
7. The phenomenon by which living or dead plant cells absorb water by surface
attraction.
8. The process of shrinkage of protoplasm of a cell under the influence of
hypertonic solution.
9. The process of recovery of protoplasm when it is kept in hypotonic solution.
10. The pressure responsible for the movement of water molecules from soil to
the root.
11. Condition of a cell in a hypotonic solution.
12. The pressure exerted by cell contents on a plant cell wall.
13. The process by which raisins swell up when placed in a beaker of water.
14. The inward movement of solvent molecules through the plasma membrane of
a cell.

Question 2: Distinguish between the following:

1.Turgidity and Flaccidity

2. Endosmosis and Exosmosis

3. Diffusion and Osmosis

4. Turgor pressure and Wall pressure

5. Hypertonic solution and Hypotonic solution

6. Plasmolysis and Deplasmolysis

7. Active absorption and Passive absorption

8. Turgid cell and Flaccid cell

Question 3: Give reasons for the following:

1.Root hairs become flaccid when fertilizer is added to the moist soil around it.

2. Jam and jelly do not get spoiled easily.

3. Transplanting of seedlings to a flower bed in the evening is better than doing so

in the morning.

4. Grapes shrink when immersed in a very strong sugar solution.

5. On sprinkling of common salt on grass growing in a lawn, the grass is dead.

6. Wilted lettuce leaves kept in cold water become crisp.

7. Fresh water fish cannot survive in sea water.

8. Pickles do not spoil easily.

9. Root hairs are best suited for the absorption of water.

Question 4: The figure given below represents the set-up of the start of a certain
experiment to demonstrate an activity of plants:

i. What is the aim of the experiment?

ii. Why nhas oil been put in each test tube?
iii. What will be the observation in the test tubes after 2-3 days?
iv. Give reason to explain any change observed as answered in (3)
above.
v. Why has test tube ‘B’ without the plant been taken in the
experiment?

Question 5: The diagram given below represents an experimental set-up to

demonstrate a vital process. Study it and then answer the questions that follow.
 i. Name the process.
ii. Define the above named process.
iii. What would you observe in the experimental set-up after an hour or so?.
iv. What control experiment can be set up for the above experiment?
v. Keeping in mind the root hair cell and its surroundings, name the part that
corresponds to
A) concentrated sugar solution, B) parchment paper and C) water in the
beaker.

vi.Name any other substance that can be used instead of parchment paper in
the above experiment.

vii.Mention two advantages of this process to the plant.

Question 6: The diagram below represents a plant cell being placed in a strong
sugar solution.

i. Name the parts 1-5.

ii. Whatis the state of the cell shown in the diagram?
iii. Give the technical name for the solution in which the cell was placed.
iv. Name the structure which acts as a selectively permeable membrane.
v. What would you do to bring back the cell to its original condition?
vi. If the cell had been placed in distilled water , which feature would not have
been present?
vii. If the cell in the diagram possessed chloroplasts, where would these be
present?
viii. Name any one feature of this plant cell which is not present in animal cells.
Question 7: Given below are the diagrams of a certain structure in plants in two
conditions.:

i. Name the picture shown.

ii. Name the parts 1-5.
iii. What is the most apparent difference between A and B in the structure
shown?
iv. Describe the mechanism which brings abut the change in the structure
depicted in A and B.

Question 8: The figure given is a diagrammatic representation of a part of the

cross- section of the root in the root hair zone. Study the same and answer the
questions.

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 i. Name the parts indicated by the guidelines 1 to 5.
ii. Is the root hair unicellular or multicellular?
iii. Draw a labeled diagram of the root hair cell, as it would appear if
some fertilizer is added to the soil close to it.
iv. What pressure is responsible for the entry of water in the direction
indicated by the arrows?
v. How is the pressure set up?

Question 9: Given below is the diagram of an experiment just at the start. Study
the diagram and answer the questions that follow.

i. What phenomenon is intended to be shown by this experiment?

ii. Which limb of the U-tube contains more concentrated sucrose solution A or
B?
iii. Why is the membrane separating the two solutions labeled as semi-
permeable membrane?
iv. Which limb of the U-tube is functionally compared to the root hairs?
v. Mention the significance of the process mentioned in (1) to the plants.