If dry wooden blocks are placed in a solution with a solute potential of -0.5 MPa, and the initial water potential of the wood is -2.0 MPa, which of the following will occur?
Water will move from the solution into the wooden blocks.
Water will move from the wooden blocks into the solution.
No net movement of water will occur.
The wooden blocks will dissolve in the solution.
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The pressure that develops in the xylem during imbibition of water by seeds is primarily responsible for which of the following?
Transpiration pull
Root pressure
Breaking open the testa
Guttation
Imbibition is involved in?
Supply of during photosynthesis
Opening and closing movement of stomata
For the germination of seeds
Movement of water from one cell to another cell
At the time of seed germination, when water is absorbed by the seed due to imbibition, the seed coat breaks as it swells to a lesser degree than the kernel because
The kernel is made up of cellulose while the seed coat is made up of proteins lipids and starch
The kernel is made up of proteins, lipids and starch, while the seed coat is formed of cellulose
Both kernel and seed coat are made up of same
None of the above constituents, it depends on the nature of medium
The process of absorption of water by hydrophilic solid particles of a substance without forming a solution is called
Plasmolysis
Imbibition
Transpiration
Guttation
Absorption of water by velamen roots is due to?
Exosmosis
Deplasmolysis
Transpiration
Imbibition
The heat released during imbibition is primarily due to:
Frictional forces between the imbibant and the liquid.
The release of latent heat of vaporization.
The establishment of hydrogen bonds between the imbibant and the imbibed liquid.
Metabolic activity within the imbibant.
The first process by which water enters into the seed coat when a seed is placed in suitable environment for germination is
Imbibition
Osmosis
Diffusion
Active Absorption
Imbibition is characterized by:
Decrease in volume of the imbibant
Increase in volume of the imbibant
No change in volume of the imbibant
Release of heat
The matrix potential of a cell during imbibition is:
Positive
Zero
Negative
Variable
If dry wooden blocks are placed in a solution with a solute potential of -0.5 MPa, and the initial water potential of the wood is -2.0 MPa, which of the following will occur?
Water will move from the solution into the wooden blocks.
Water will move from the wooden blocks into the solution.
No net movement of water will occur.
The wooden blocks will dissolve in the solution.
