Describe plant wilting in terms of turgor pressure.?

Answer 1

Simple. If the pressure decreases, the plant will wilt. A lot like a car tire. Lower the pressure and the tire will start sagging or wilting.

Answer 2

hypotonic is when the concentration is higher on the outside then the inside. When an animal cell is in a hypotonic situation it expands and gets larger. (there is a possibility the cell will explode) An example of a hypotonic solution is water Hypertonic is when the concentration is higher on the inside than the outside. When an animal cell is in a hypertonic situation it shrink and shrivels. An example of hypertonic solution is lemonade. Isotonic is when the concentration is equal on both sides. The cell remains normal size when in a isotonic solution. Osmoregulation is the active regulation of the osmotic pressure of bodily fluids to maintain the homeostasis of the body's water content; that is it keeps the body's fluids from becoming too dilute or too concentrated Plants must be in a hypotonic enviornment because then the plant cells fill up with water and the plant can use the water from the cells for photosynthesis. PS- I know that sometimes you don't feel like doing your homework, (I'm just the same) but try to do most of it yourself because otherwise you'll be screwed on the tests. Oh and way to be smart for using YA! - It works pretty well doesn't it? :D Good luck! Friend me?

Answer 3

Plant wilting is the equivalent of dehydration in a human. If you remove the extracellular fluids ...skin wrinkles and loses turgor...if you remove the extracellular fluid from a plant it is no longer pushing against tyhe outer structure...or stalk and the plant begins to wilt.

Answer 4

Turgor pressure or turgidity is the pressure of the cell contents against the cell wall, in plant cells, determined by the water content of the vacuole, resulting from osmotic pressure. i.e. the hydrostatic pressure produced by a solution in a space divided by a differentially permeable membrane due to a differential in the concentration of solute.

Explanation---
When a cell is in a hypotonic environment, water flows across the cell membrane into the cell, causing it to expand due to osmotic pressure. In plant cells, water enters the cell until the inside and outside water potential is equal, however, the cell wall prevents the cell from bursting, resulting in pressure on the cell wall from within.

The pressure of each cell wall against its neighbour results in stiffness that allows the plant to stay upright. Cells not adapted to hypotonic environments will burst due to the inflow of water if they have no strong membrane or cell wall.

The opposite condition in a plant cell, resulting from immersion in a hypertonic environment, is plasmolysis. Tugor pressure is usually with plant cells.

Answer 5

the water pushes the cytoplasm and vacuoles against the cell wall through the system of diffusion in osmosis