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Passive absorption of water by root of a plant is affected by?

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Important Questions on Transport in Plants

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Study the diagram and the list given below.

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i) Chloroplast

ii) Epidermal cell

iii) Guard cell

iv) Subsidiary cell

v) Stomatal pore

The correct match is

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Which one gives the most valid and recent explanation for stomatal movements?
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Which of the following facilitates opening of stomatal aperture?
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Identify the correct match of the type of water given in column-I and its character in column-II and select the correct option.

Column-I Column-II
(i) Capillary water (a) present in the form of hydrated oxides of silicon and aluminium.
(ii) Hygroscopic water (b) goes down through large pores between soil particles and reaches the water table.
(iii) Combined water (c) held in between small non-colloidal soil particles.
(iv) Gravitational water (d) held tightly around soil particles by adhesive forces.
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Take two plants, keep plant A in very dry conditions and plant B in high humidity. Simultaneously, immerse the roots of both plants in water with a red dye. What would you observe?
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Three uniformly watered plants i, ii and iii were kept in 45% relative humidity, 45% relative humidity with blowing wind and 95% relative humidity, respectively. Arrange these plants in the order (faster to slowest) in which they will dry up.
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How does ascent of sap takes place in tall trees?
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The process responsible for facilitating loss of water in liquid form from the tip of grass blades at night and in early morning is
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Water vapour comes out from the plant leaf through the stomatal opening. Through the same stomatal opening, carbon dioxide diffuses into the plant during photosynthesis. Reason out the above statements using one of the following options:
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Stomatal movement is not affected by
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A column of water within xylem vessels of tall trees does not break under its weight because of:
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Explain apoplast pathway of water in plants. Draw a diagram to show major paths of water flow in plant cells.
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Given below is a diagram of the stomatal apparatus. Match the labels with the corresponding names of the compounds. 

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Choose the correct combination.

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If the humidity of the atmosphere suddenly increases substantially, the water flow in the xylem will-
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How does ascent of sap occur in tall tree?
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Transpiration and root pressure cause water to rise in plants by:
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A submarine has a window of area 30×30 cm2 on its ceiling and is at a depth of 100 m below sea level in a sea. If the pressure inside the submarine is maintained at the sea-level atmosphere pressure, then the force acting on the window is (consider density of sea water =1.03×103 kg m-3 acceleration due to gravity =10 m s-2):
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Root pressure is usually acidic because:
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In plants water ascends through