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The newly formed wood can swell up due to
The newly formed wood can swell up due to
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The correct option is B imbibition
The newly formed wood swells up due to imbibition. Adsorption (surface attraction) of water by hydrophilic substances is called imbibition. This is a special type of diffusion and causes an increase in the volume of the substances. Wood is a hydrophilic substance and attracts water.
Plasmolysis is shrinkage of protoplasm due to exosmosis (a type of osmosis, where the water moves out of the cell.) when cells are placed in a hypertonic solution (a solution with a higher concentration of solutes).
Loss of water from the aerial parts of the plant in the form of water vapour through stomata is called transpiration.
Guttation is the loss of water in the form of droplets through structures called hydathodes that are present in the margins and apices of leaves. It is seen in small herbaceous plants.
The newly formed wood swells up due to imbibition. Adsorption (surface attraction) of water by hydrophilic substances is called imbibition. This is a special type of diffusion and causes an increase in the volume of the substances. Wood is a hydrophilic substance and attracts water.
Plasmolysis is shrinkage of protoplasm due to exosmosis (a type of osmosis, where the water moves out of the cell.) when cells are placed in a hypertonic solution (a solution with a higher concentration of solutes).
Loss of water from the aerial parts of the plant in the form of water vapour through stomata is called transpiration.
Guttation is the loss of water in the form of droplets through structures called hydathodes that are present in the margins and apices of leaves. It is seen in small herbaceous plants.
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