Water from the root hair moves to the cortical cells by ___________ process.

Translocation

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Diffusion

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Osmosis

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Solution

The correct option is C Osmosis

Once the water enters the root hairs, the concentration of water molecules in the root hair cells become more than that of the cortex.

Thus water from the root hair moves to the cortical cells by osmosis and then reaches the xylem.

From there the water is transported to the stem and leaves.

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Name the following:

(a) The condition of a cell placed in a hypotonic solution.

(b) The process by which intact plants lose water in the form of droplets from leaf margins.

(d) The tissue concerned with upwards conduction of water in plants.

(e) The term for the inward movement of solvent molecules through the plasma membrane of a cell.

(f) The process by which molecules distribute themselves evenly within the space they occupy.

(g) The pressure which is responsible for the movement of water molecules across the cortical cells of the root.

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