Which of the events described below agrees with the idea of catastrophism?

#Question id: 10560

#Unit 6. System Physiology – Plant

If a tiny gas bubble forms in a column of water under tension, the gas bubble may expand indefinitely, with the result that the tension in the liquid phase collapses, it can have a devastating effect on water transport through the xylem a phenomenon known as

#Question id: 10561

#Unit 6. System Physiology – Plant

Integral membrane proteins that form water-selective channels across the membrane, Because water diffuses faster through such channels than through a lipid bilayer

#Question id: 10562

#Unit 6. System Physiology – Plant

The direction and rate of water flow across a membrane are determined by

#Question id: 10563

#Unit 6. System Physiology – Plant

The rate of diffusion depend upon

#Question id: 10564

#Unit 6. System Physiology – Plant

The term Ys , called the solute potential or the osmotic potential, represents the effect of dissolved solutes on water potential,

a) The mixing of solutes and water reduces the disorder of the system and thereby lowers free energy

b) Solutes reduce the free energy of water by diluting the water

c) The mixing of solutes and water increases the disorder of the system and thereby lowers free energy

d) Solutes increases the free energy of water by diluting the water

 Which one of the following statements are INCORRECT?

#Question id: 10565

#Unit 6. System Physiology – Plant

The term Yp is the hydrostatic pressure of the solution