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Cellular respiration is essentially a/an _________ process.
Breaking of terminal phosphate of ATP releases about _____ Kcal of energy.
Final acceptor of electrons in respiratory chain is
There are _______ types of nutrients needed by plants besides light to carry out photosynthesis
The site/s where most of the uptake of water and minerals take place is/are
The uptake of water in plants involves
The membrane of vacuoles is known as
The diffusion of ions along with water also takes place by mass flow system along the ______ path
Active transport is dependent on
In the root cells _______ pathway becomes discontinuous in the endodermis due to the presence of casparian strip.
Cytoplasmic strands that extend through pores in adjacent cell walls are known as
In plants, water potential is determined by major factors.
The pressure generated when water enters & inflates plant cells is called ______ potential
The movement of water molecules from a region of higher water potential to a region of lower water potential (through membrane)
_______ potential is the measure of the change in water potential of a system due to the presence of solute molecules.
Solute potential is always
_______ component of cell wall has grreat affinity with water.
Commonly in other plants than tall ones the speed of upward movement of water is
Exceptionally the positive hydrostatic pressure generated by root pressure is about
Cuticular transpiration is ______ of total transpiration
All plants do not possess
Lenticular transpiration is _________ of total transpiration
Aerating openings formed in the bark through which exchange of gases takes place and water is lost in the form of vapours are
Lenticels look like
Stomatal transpiration is _____ of total transpiration
They function as multisensory hydraulic valve
There are _______ hypothesis which may explain opening and closing of stomata
Stomata open due to _____ of K+ into the guard cells from the surrounding epidermis
Low level of CO2 favours _____ of the stomata
The opening and closing of stomata is directly controlled by the
Symbionts which help plants in uptake of phosphorous and trace metals such as zinc and copper.
Transport of minerals from soil to epidermal cells of roots via carrier protein molcules along their concentration gradient is called:
Pulling upward of water and dissolved minerals towards the leaves through the xylem tissue is called
Pressure flow theory was proposed by
A pressure created by active secretion of salts and other solutes from other cells into xylem sap is called
Open circulatory system can contain
Which of the following is true about hearts of earthworm?
Single circuit heart is found in
It has been estimated that in a normal person plasma constitutes about ____ by vulume of blood.
95% of the cytoplasm ofred blood cells is the
_______ give rise to macrophages, which destroy larger particles by phagocytosis.
Which of the following are proteins in nature?
Tricuspid valve is present
QRS complex represents
Which of the following have thickest walls?