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AUGUSTINE’S DAY SCHOOL, SHYAMNAGAR

BIOLOGY WORKSHEET
CLASS X
ABSORPTION BY ROOTS – THE PROCESS INVOLVED

ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS IN ONE WORD:

1. The branch of biology that deals with the life function of plants.
2. The phenomenon by which the living or dead plant cells absorb water by surface attraction.
3. The phenomenon of free movement of molecules from higher to lower concentration region
when the two are in direct contact.
4. The phenomenon of movement of water molecules from higher to lower solute concentration
region through a semi permeable membrane .
5. The pressure developed in roots due to continued inward movement of water through cell to
cell osmosis.
6. The phenomenon of appearance of tiny drops of water at the tip of leaves in plants like
tomato.
7. The movement of water molecule from outside to inside of a cell.
8. The state of a cell that provides rigidity to soft tissues such as leaves.
9. The condition in which the cell content is shrunken and the cell is no more tight.
10. This process kills weeds found in playground by sprinkling excessive salts .
11. The plant tissue that help in transport of food substances up and down.
12. The process of passage of a substance from its lower to higher concentration through a living
cell membrane using energy from the cell.
13. A cell placed in this type of solution will cause bursting eventually.
14. The pressure which causes the passage of water from roots to the xylem.
15. The pressure created by the cell content on the cell wall.