1. Name the following:
(i) The state of a cell when it cannot accommodate any more water.
(ii) Pressure of the cell contents on the cell wall.
(iii) The condition that is opposite to turgid.
(iv) The state of a plasmolysed cell after the re-entry of water.
(v) The pressure under which water passes from the living cells of a root into xylem.
Answers
Answer:
1. Turgid Condition
2. Turgor pressure
3. flaccid state
4. deplasmolysed
Answer:
(i) Turgidity
(i) TurgidityExplanation: Turgidity is the state of a cell in which the cell wall is rigid and inflated because of the increase in size of vacuoles due to absorption of water.
(i) TurgidityExplanation: Turgidity is the state of a cell in which the cell wall is rigid and inflated because of the increase in size of vacuoles due to absorption of water.(ii) Turgor pressure.
(i) TurgidityExplanation: Turgidity is the state of a cell in which the cell wall is rigid and inflated because of the increase in size of vacuoles due to absorption of water.(ii) Turgor pressure.Explanation: it is the term given to the pressure exerted by the cell contain on the cell wall which
is opposite to the pressure exerted by the cell wall.