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Plant fibers gain rigidity from the water than they contain, much as a full hose is more rigid than an empty one.

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When you forgot to water your house plant they wilt?

Your plants will have to adjust to their new routine.


What plant do with no water?

Wilt - die.


What is the effects of boiled salt water poured on to a plant?

the plant will wilt


How does being placed in a hypertonic solution affect a plant?

The hypertonic solution can make the plant weak or wilt because there is no water.


What is the results when a plant cells loses water and causes a plant to wilt?

dehydration


What results when a a plant cell loses water and causes a plant to wilt?

dehydration


Why does grass wilt if it is fertilized?

The pressure exerted by water inside the cell wall will help keep the cell wall rigid. If the plant loses water, this pressure decreases and the plant will wilt.


What does plant do without water?

The word ladder answer is Dilt


How do you know if a living plant has not received enough water?

The plant wilt isn't? Or else the leaves will be yellow..


What do plants wilt when deprived of water?

The vacuoles are larger in plants and not so large in mammals. They tend to try to retain more fluid for survival and when that amount is depleted, it is far more noticeable and they appear wilted until they can rejuvenate through rain, ground water et cetera.


What is the impact of salt on plant?

Salt makes plants wilt because salt is hydrophilic, or a substance that encourages water to be excreted from the plants, causing the plant to wilt and even die.


A plant that loses too much water from its cells will eventually?

wilt and die