If wood is kept under water,it swells due to the activity of:

Which of the following has the highest imbibition power?

Wooden doors and logs swell up and get stuck during the rainy season due to:

Absorption of water from soil by dry seeds increases the $ \text{imbibition pressure} $, thus helping seedlings to come out of soil.

Imbibition is a

An enthusiastic professor,wanting to demonstrate a physiological process,placed soaked mustard seeds in a glass jar and kept it in a corner before starting the lecture. At the end of the lecture,a sudden explosion occurred,and the glass jar shattered into pieces. Which of the following processes was the professor trying to demonstrate?