What is the difference between 'flaccid' and 'turgid"? Give one example of flaccid condition in plants.

Differentiate between the following:

Turgidity and Flaccidity

(a) Mention whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F).

(i) A plant cell placed in hypotonic solution gets plasmolysed. (T/F)

(ii) Addition of salt to pickles prevents growth of bacteria because they turn turgid. (T/F)

(iii) Cells that have lost their water content are said to be deplasmolysed. (T/F)

(iv) Xylem is the water conducting tissue in plants. (T/F)

(v) The shrinkage of protoplasm, when a cell is kept in hypotonic solution. (T/F)

(vi)The cell wall of the root cell is a differentially permeable membrane. (T/F)

(b) Correct the false statements by altering the last word only.

Give reasons for the following:

If you sprinkle some common salt on grass growing on a lawn, it is killed at that spot.

Give reasons for the following:

If you uproot a plant from the soil, its leaves soon wilt.