Transport in Plants · Question 26

The rupture and fractionation do not usually occur in the water column in vessel/tracheids during the ascent of sap because of

1. weak gravitational pull
2. transpiration pull
3. lignified thick walls
4. cohesion and adhesion

Two cells A and B are contiguous. Cell A has osmotic pressure 10 atm, turgor pressure 7 atm and diffusion pressure deficit 3 atm. Cell B has osmotic pressure 8 atm, turgor pressure 3 atm and diffusion pressure deficit 5 atm. The result will be

1. no movement of water
2. equilibrium between the two
3. movement of water from cell A to B
4. movement of water from cell B to A

The translocation of organic solutes in sieve tube members is supported by

1. cytoplasmic streaming
2. root pressure and transpiration pull
3. P-proteins
4. mass flow involving a carrier and ATP.

Potometer works on the principle of

1. osmotic pressure
2. amount of water absorbed equals the amount transpired
3. root pressure
4. potential difference between the tip of the tube and that of the plant.

Stomata of a plant open due to

1. influx of potassium ions
2. efflux of potassium ions
3. influx of hydrogen ions
4. influx of calcium ions

Opening and closing of stomata is due to the

1. hormonal change in guard cells
2. change in turgor pressure of guard cells
3. gaseous exchange
4. respiration.

Glycolate induces opening of stomata in

1. presence of oxygen
2. low CO2 concentration
3. high CO2
4. CO2 absent

Loading of phloem is related to

1. increase of sugar in phloem cell
2. elongation of phloem cell
3. separation of phloem parenchyma
4. strengthening of phloem fiber

The movement of ions against the concentration gradient will be

1. active transport
2. osmosis
3. diffusion
4. all of the above