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(Structured / application / skill type

questions)
QUESTION NO :- 1

Q1. What is the observation and inference of this experiment.

QUESTION NO :- 2

Study the diagram and answer the following questions :

Q1. Name the process

Q2. Define the above named process.
Q3. What would you observe in the experimental set up after an hour or so ?
Q4. What control experiment can be set up for comparison ?
Q5. Keeping in mind the root hair, cell and its surroundings, name the parts that corresponds to (i)
concentrated solution (ii) parchment paper and (iii) water in the beaker.
Q6. Name any other substance that can be used instead of parchment paper in the above
experiment.
Q7. Mention two advantages of the process to the plants.
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QUESTION NO :- 3

Q1. Explain the fate of human RBC when placed in different kinds of solutions.

QUESTION NO:- 4

A leaf cell of a water plant was placed in a liquid other than pond water. After sometime, it assumed
a shape as shown below.

Q1. Give the term for the state of the cell it has acquired.
Q2. Comment on the nature (tonicity) of the liquid surrounding the cell.
Q3. Name the parts 1 and 2.
Q4. Is the cell given a plant cell or animal cell ? Give reason for your answer.
Q5. What would you do to bring this cell back to its original condition? Redraw the diagram of the
cell if it is soon placed in ordinary water for some time.

QUESTION NO:- 5

The diagram below shows a layer of epidermal cells of a fully grown root hair. Study the diagram and
answer the questions below
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Q1. Name the parts labelled A, B, C and D.

Q2. The root hair cell is in a turgid state. Name and explain the process that caused this state.
Q3. Mention one distinct difference between the parts labelled A and B.
Q4. Draw a diagram of the above root hair cell as it would appear when a concentrated solution of
fertilizers is added near it.

QUESTION NO:- 6

Given below is the diagrammatic representation of the transverse section of a part of a plant. Study
it and answer the questions that follow:

Q1. Name the part of the plant that is shown.

Q2. Label the parts 1 to 6
Q3. Write the functions of parts 3 and 5
Q4. Draw the diagram of the root hair cell as it would appear if some fertilizer is added to the soil
close to it.
Q5. What pressure is responsible for the movement of water in the direction indicated by arrows ?
Q6. How is this pressure set up ?

QUESTION NO:- 7

Study the diagram given below and answer the questions that follow :
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Q1. Name the process being studied in the above experiment.

Q2. Explain the process mentioned above
Q3. Why is oil placed over water ?
Q4. What do we observe with regard to the level of water when this set up is placed in (i) bright
sunlight (ii) humid conditions (iii) windy day ?
Q5. Mention any three adaptations found in plants to foster the process mentioned above.

QUESTION NO:- 8

Two potatoes cubes each 1 cm3 in size, were placed separately in two containers (A and B), the
container A having water and other B containing concentrated sugar solution. After 24 hours when
the cubes were examined, those placed in water were found to be firm and had increased slightly in
size and those placed in concentrated sugar solution were found to be soft and had somewhat
decreased in size. Use the above information to answer the questions that follow :

Q1. Account for the firmness and increase in the size of the potato cubes placed in water.
Q2. Account for the softness and decrease in size of the potato cubes which were placed in sugar
solution.
Q3. Name and define the physical process being investigated in this experiment.