Water potential increases due to
Addition of solute
Evaporation
Addition of inorganic substances
Increase in pressure
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Cell A has bars and cell B has bars. The movement of water will be from
Cell A to cell B
Cell B to cell A
Data insufficient
Water can not move in negative value of \Psi {W^\;}
The value of osmotic potential of an electrolyte is always
More than non electrolyte
Less than non electrolyte
Same as non electrolyte
None of these
Which one of the following denotes the water potential of the mesophyll cell in wilted condition?
    Equal to the value of osmotic potential
    Equal to the value of pressure potential
    Greater than the value of its osmotic potential
    Equal to zero
Two chambers are separated by selectively permeable membrane. If one chamber (X) has of of -2000 kPa and the other (Y) has -1000 kPa. The direction of the movement of water will be
From lower to higher
From X to Y chamber
From the chamber with -1000 kPa to -2000 kPa
In both directions X \mathbin{\lower.3ex\hbox{\buildrelextstyle\rightarrow\over {\smash{\leftarrow}\vphantom{_{\vbox to.5ex{\vss}}}}}} Y
The value of pure water potential is
Always positive or more than zero
Always negative or less than zero
Always zero
Variable in different solution
    The potential energy of water is referred as
Water potential
Osmotic potential
Gravity potential
Pressure potential
    A group of students are studying transport of certain type of molecules in a cells and observe that transport slows down when the cells are treated with poison, a chemical, which inhibit energy production. Under normal conditions, the molecules are being studied and it is estimated that molecules probably transported by
    Osmosis
Process of active transport
Process of facilitated diffusion
Process of simple diffusion
    Whose water potential is less than water potential of root hair during the water absorption by root hair?
    Gravitational water
Soil solution
Pure water
Vacuolar sap
Water potential gradient can be best defined as
The amount of water moving through a plant stem.
The difference in water potential between two locations divided by the distance between them.
The pressure exerted on cell walls by the central vacuole.
The rate of transpiration from plant leaves.
Water potential and osmotic potential of pure water is
Zero and zero
100 and zero
100 and 100
Zero and 100
