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Ascent of sap in tall trees occurs due to

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Important Questions on Transportation of Food and Minerals in Plants

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Give suitable biological reasons for the given statement:

Root hairs become flaccid and droop when excess fertilizers are added to the moist soil around them.
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_____ is the inflow of water molecules from an external solution into a cell.

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Osmosis plays an important role in the absorption of water by plants.
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What is an ascent of sap? Explain the various forces responsible for the rising of cell sap.
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A plasmolysed protoplasm swells when it is placed in_____water.
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Suggest one simple experiment to show that water absorbed by the roots of a plant travels upward through the conducting tissues of the stem.
 
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Name the upward movement of water and minerals from roots towards the top of the plant.
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Distinguish between root pressure and turgor pressure.

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Fill in the blanks :

_____ occurs through a semipermeable membrane.

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Root hairs absorb _____from the soil by active transport.

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Name the membrane which allows the solvent to pass through it but not the solute.