12. Two peeled large carrot pieces are placed in beakers, one containing water and other
containing saturated sugar solution.
a. What is the difference in the physical state of carrots as recorded after 6 hours?
b. Why has above process occurred?
c. Name one process in your daily life which works on the same principle.
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1. The carrot that is placed in the beaker containing water will increase in size due to movement of water inside (endosmosis). The carrot placed in saturated salt solution will shrink in its size due to exosmosis.
2. The process involved that has caused such a change is osmosis.
3. Osmosis helps the plant cells keep rigid by creating enough pressure against the cell wall. Thus, plant cells can absorb water via osmosis without danger of bursting. Also, the process occurred to balance the concentration of solute on both the sides .
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