The movement of water by diffusion is called:

After the completion of the thistle funnel experiment,if sugar is added to the beaker,the liquid level in the thistle funnel will $.............$

Water will be absorbed by root hairs when:

Explain what will happen to a plant cell if it is kept in a solution having higher water potential.

An onion peel was taken and
$(a)$ placed in salt solution for five minutes.
$(b)$ after that it was placed in distilled water.
When seen under the microscope,what would be observed in $(a)$ and $(b)$?

Osmosis is a special kind of diffusion,in which water diffuses across the cell membrane. The rate and direction of osmosis depends upon both $....$