Question

Neha puts some dry grams in water overnight. next morning they were fully swollen. name the biological phenomenon involved

Answer 1

The biological phenonmenon behind the dry grams getting swollen when kept in water overnight is Imbibition.

To get the reason for the happening of the same, we first need to understand the phenomenon of imbibition.

What is imbibition?

• It is a special type of diffusion in which water is tightly absorbed by the solids or colloids.
• Absorption of water causes enourmous increase in the volume of the solid (In this case increase in the volume of the dry grain).
• The solid particle which absorb the liquid are called imbibant  (Imbibant in this case is dry gram).

• The liquid which is absorbed is called imbibate (Imbibate in this case is water).

Thus, we can conclude that in this case imbibition is involved in expanding of dry grains when kept in water overnight.

Answer 2

Explanation:

one of your class fellow put some put some dry gram in water overnight next morning it was fully swollen. name the phenomenon involved