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Match the columns.

Column I Column II
A. Semipermeable membrane $1$. Dixon and Jolly
B. Transpiration pull $2$. Manometer
C. Pulsation theory $3$. Holard
D. Root pressure $4$. JC Bose
E. Whole water content in soil $5$. Osmosis
botany water absorption and ascent of sap in plants factors affecting the transport of water and minerals in plants ascent of sap long distance transport of water

  1. A-$2$, B-$1$, C-$4$, D-$5$, E-$3$, F-$1$

  2. A-$5$, B-$1$, C-$4$, D-$2$, E-$3$, F-$1$

  3. A-$5$, B-$4$, C-$1$, D-$2$, E-$3$, F-$1$

  4. A-$1$, B-$1$, C-$2$, D-$4$, E-$3$, F-$5$

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Correct Option: A

Who gave the imbibition theory of ascent of sap

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  1. Unger

  2. Dixon and Joly

  3. Bose

  4. Godlewski

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Correct Option: A

Which of the plants can absorb water in the form of vapour from its atmosphere?

botany water absorption and ascent of sap in plants factors affecting the transport of water and minerals in plants ascent of sap long distance transport of water

  1. All xerophytes

  2. Low transpiring cacti

  3. Succulent plants

  4. Epiphytes and lichen

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Epiphytes are the plants growing on other plants. They have hanging roots having velamen tissue, which can directly absorb moisture from atmosphere. 

Lichens are not plants but symbiotic associations between fungi and algae. They do not have well developed roots but the thallus making up their body can directly absorb moisture from atmosphere.

Attractive forces of cell walls for water molecules is termed as

botany water absorption and ascent of sap in plants factors affecting the transport of water and minerals in plants ascent of sap long distance transport of water

  1. Adhesion

  2. Cohesion

  3. Osmosis

  4. Plasmolysis

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Adhesion is the tendency of dissimilar particles or surfaces to cling to one another. Attractive forces of cell walls for water molecules is termed as adhesion. The continuous column of water is maintained by cohesion forces between water molecules and adhesive forces between water molecules and cell walls of vascular elements of the plant.

Movement of sap through the plant is facilitated by

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  1. Absorption by roots and gravitational force

  2. Gravitational force and pull due to transpiration

  3. Pull due to transpiration and absorption by roots

  4. Weight of sap and gravitational force

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Correct Option: C

Capillary action can cause

botany water absorption and ascent of sap in plants factors affecting the transport of water and minerals in plants ascent of sap long distance transport of water

  1. Water uptake in tall plants

  2. Water uptake in small plants

  3. Both of the above

  4. None of the above

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Water tends to rise up inside the narrow tubes by capillary action. This is because of the cohesive force of the water molecules. Because of this water rises up in the xylem vessel to some distance up dragging other water molecules present below them this capillary rise cannot take up water to tall plants though this may be possible in very small plants. Thus, the correct answer is option B.

Water rise in capillary tubes because of
i Attraction of water molecules to each other
ii Presence of a weak electrostatic force
iii Cohesive force

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  1. I, II

  2. II, III

  3. I, III

  4. All of the above

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Cohesive force is the one in which water and the walls of the tube are attracted to each other.

Attraction of water molecules towards each other and presence of weak electoratic force is collectively known as adhesive force as the electrostatic charges help attract two water molecules towards each other.
All these forces help water to rise in a capillary.
So the correct answer is 'All of the above'.

Read the passage and answer the following question.
Wet mounts of three living samples of Elodea cells are prepared for viewing under the light microscope. Each slide is mounted with a different solution and viewed after 5 minutes.
Sample A - Elodea + 5 drops of 10% $\displaystyle NaCl$
Sample B - Elodea + 5 drops of isotonic saline
Sample C - Elodea + 5 drops of distilled water
The correct statement about this experiment is

botany water absorption and ascent of sap in plants factors affecting the transport of water and minerals in plants ascent of sap long distance transport of water

  1. The movement of salt is the dependent variable.

  2. The elodea cells in sample C are in a hypotonic solution.

  3. There is no passage of water in either direction in sample B.

  4. $\displaystyle NaCl$ is a toxin that would destroy any cell, no matter the concentration.

  5. You cannot predict with any certainty what would happen to these cells; they are living organisms.

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Distilled water is a hypotonic environment for the Elodea which causes endosmosis. Water will flow into the cells because there is more water/less solute in the surrounding solution.

Therefore, the correct answer is option B.

The movement of sap within the xylem is increased by

I. Water movement into guard cell's vacuoles.
II. Humidity increases in the surrounding air.
III. Root endodermis prevents ions from entering the xylem.

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  1. I only

  2. II only

  3. I and III

  4. II and III

  5. I, II, and III

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The upward movement of water from the root to aerial parts of the plant body is called ascent of sap or translocation of water. This movement takes place through the xylem due to positive root pressure and is increased by the movement of water into the guard cells vacuoles. Thus, the correct answer is option A.

Read the passage and answer the following question.
Wet mounts of three living samples of Elodea cells are prepared for viewing under the light microscope. Each slide is mounted with a different solution and viewed after 5 minutes.
Sample A - Elodea + 5 drops of 10% $\displaystyle NaCl$
Sample B - Elodea + 5 drops of isotonic saline
Sample C - Elodea + 5 drops of distilled water
The results of this experiment describes

botany water absorption and ascent of sap in plants factors affecting the transport of water and minerals in plants ascent of sap long distance transport of water

  1. Hydrolysis.

  2. Dehydration.

  3. Active transpot.

  4. Polymerization.

  5. Osmosis.

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Correct Option: E
Explanation:

Osmosis is specifically the diffusion of water. Water always flows passively down a gradient, from a high concentration of water to a low concentration of water. Therefore, the result of this experiment shows osmosis as water would move from high concentration to low concentration. 

Thus, the correct answer is option E.