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Agriculture · Q643

Plant Pathology

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 643

Q643

Cells absorb water through

A.
Osmosis only
B.
Imbibition only
C.
Both A and B
Answer
D.
None to these

Answer: Option C

Solution

Answer: Option C
Solution:
Cells absorb water through Osmosis and Imbibition only.
Both phenomena help in the metabolic activity of the plant. The process of adsorption of water by solid particles of a substance without forming a solution is called imbibition.
Osmosis is the diffusion of water molecules across a selectively permeable membrane from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration. Water moves into and out of cells by osmosis.