JIPMER 2009
- Exam
- JIPMER
- Year
- 2009
- Subject
- Botany
- Chapter
- Transport in Plants
JIPMER 2009 · Botany · Transport in Plants
In plants, water supply is due to
In plants, water supply is due to
Options
- Aosmosis
- Bimbibition
- Cguttation
- Dadhesion force
Correct answer
A. osmosis
Step-by-step solution
The force between walls and water called adhesion force.
Diffusion of water from its pure or dilute solution into a stronger solution when the two are separated by a semi-permeable membrane is termed asosmosis. In plants water supply is due toosmosis.
The absorption of water by the solid particles of an adsorbant without forming a solution is calledimbibition.
The loss of water in the form of liquid droplets from the leaves and other parts of an uninjured or intact plant is called guttation.