Osmosis and Water Relations in Plants

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Questions

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The process of endosmosis stops

  1. when concentration becomes equal
  2. when solution becomes isotonic
  3. when the leaves fall
  4. when there is no light
  5. in the presence of chlorophyll
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following will be zero, when the cell is fully turgid?

  1. Osmotic pressure
  2. Turgor pressure
  3. Wall pressure
  4. Internal pressure
  5. Suction pressure or diffusion pressure deficit
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In the process of osmosis in a cell __________.

  1. both protoplasm and cell wall act as a membrane
  2. only cell wall act as membrane
  3. only outermost layer of protoplast acts as a membrane
  4. the entire protoplast acts as a membrane
  5. some parts of protoplast act as a membrane
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

When a plant wilts, the sequence of events will be

  1. exosmosis, plasmolysis, deplasmolysis, temporary wilting and permanent wilting
  2. plasmolysis, deplasmolysis, temporary wilting and permanent wilting
  3. exosmosis, plasmolysis, deplasmolysis and temporary wilting
  4. exosmosis, plasmolysis, temporary wilting and permanent wilting
  5. deplasmolysis, temporary wilting, exosmosis and plasmolysis
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The space between the cell wall and the plasma membrane in a plasmolysed cell is filled with

  1. isotonic solution
  2. hypertonic solution
  3. hypotonic solution
  4. water
  5. cytoplasm
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Wilting and drooping of leaves is due to loss of ____________.

  1. water
  2. root pressure
  3. salts
  4. turgidity
  5. sap
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

When there is no movement of water in the cell from the outside ___________, it is considered to be ____________ to cell sap.

  1. isotonic, medium
  2. medium, isotonic
  3. medium, hypotonic
  4. medium, hypertonic
  5. hypotonic, medium
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Condition of cell in which the contents are shrunken is

  1. osmosis
  2. endosmosis
  3. deplasmolysed
  4. plasmolysed
  5. exosmosis
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

______________ serves as a medium for the transport of ______________ and food molecules in the plant.

  1. Solute, water
  2. Water, solute
  3. Inorganic salts, water
  4. Water, inorganic salts
  5. Inorganic salts, solute
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Plasma membrane controls____________.

  1. passage of water only
  2. passage of water and solutes in and out of the cell
  3. passage of water and solutes into the cell
  4. movement of cell contents out of the cell
  5. passage of gases in and out of the cell
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Water will be absorbed by the root hairs when

  1. the plant is rapidly respiring
  2. the concentration of solutes in the cell sap is high
  3. the concentration of solutes in the soil is high
  4. the concentration of solutes in the cell sap is low
  5. the concentration of solutes in the soil is isotonic
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Osmosis involves diffusion of

  1. suspended particles from the region of lower concentration to higher concentration
  2. water from the more concentrated solution to the less concentrated solution
  3. molecules or ions from the less concentrated solution to the more concentrated solution
  4. suspended particles from the region of higher concentration to lower concentration
  5. molecules or ions from the more concentrated solution to the less concentrated solution
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Osmosis is the diffusion of _____________ molecules from the region of higher ___________ potential to the region of lower __________ potential.

  1. solution, solution, water
  2. water, solution, solution
  3. water, water, water
  4. solution, solution, water
  5. water, solution, water