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Excess transpiration causes the plant to lose turgor pressure, which causes the cell membrane to pull away from the plant's cell walls, making it look wilted.

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What is a wilted plant?

A plan wilts because of a shortage of water or because there is no water in the central vacuole over a period of time when the plant really needs water.Answer.While agreeing with the first answer a plant can also wilt if given too much water.


Using knowledge of turgor pressure explain how the plant might be revived?

To revive a wilted plant, you can water it to replenish lost turgor pressure. When a plant lacks water, its cells lose turgor pressure, causing wilting. Watering the plant will allow the cells to take up water, regain turgor pressure, and become rigid again.


When does loss of turgor happen?

Loss of turgor typically happens when a plant is deprived of water, causing its cells to lose water pressure and wilt. This can occur during drought conditions or when a plant is not being adequately watered.


What are flaccid cells?

Flaccid cells are plant cells that lack turgor pressure, causing them to become limp and wilted. This can be due to a lack of water or a disruption in the osmotic balance within the cell. Flaccid cells can impact the overall structure and function of the plant.


Why does a plant cell need water?

Plant cells need to remain in a turgid, or swollen, state. Wilted plants have lost this turgidity. Because plant cells are surrounded by a cell wall, they can maintain a higher water potential than animal cells. This allows them to conserve water for later use. Plants have evolved to function in this turgid state, and when their water potential drops their metabolism is effected.

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Will the stomata of a wilted plant be open or closed?

it is closed so no further water can be lost


What is a wilted plant?

A plan wilts because of a shortage of water or because there is no water in the central vacuole over a period of time when the plant really needs water.Answer.While agreeing with the first answer a plant can also wilt if given too much water.


Why would some nutrients leave the plant cell when it becomes wilted from being Soaked in sat then fresh water?

When a plant cell becomes wilted from being soaked in saltwater, it loses water through osmosis due to the higher concentration of salts outside the cell. This loss of water can cause nutrients to be expelled from the cell along with the excess water, reducing the overall nutrient content of the cell. When the wilted plant cell is then transferred to fresh water, water rushes back into the cell through osmosis, but the lost nutrients may not be able to re-enter the cell as easily, leading to a nutrient loss.


Using knowledge of turgor pressure explain how the plant might be revived?

To revive a wilted plant, you can water it to replenish lost turgor pressure. When a plant lacks water, its cells lose turgor pressure, causing wilting. Watering the plant will allow the cells to take up water, regain turgor pressure, and become rigid again.


When does loss of turgor happen?

Loss of turgor typically happens when a plant is deprived of water, causing its cells to lose water pressure and wilt. This can occur during drought conditions or when a plant is not being adequately watered.


What are flaccid cells?

Flaccid cells are plant cells that lack turgor pressure, causing them to become limp and wilted. This can be due to a lack of water or a disruption in the osmotic balance within the cell. Flaccid cells can impact the overall structure and function of the plant.


How is transpiration used to replace lost water?

Transpiration is the process where water is lost from a plant through its leaves. This lost water is replaced by water absorbed from the soil through the plant's root system. The continuous flow of water from the roots to the leaves helps maintain the plant's hydration and nutrient uptake.


Why does a wilted piece of lettuce crisp up in cold water?

wilted lettuce are in a plasmolysed condition,when they are placed in a cold water or hypotonic solution then water enters the leaves by thye process of endosmosis and the leaves becomes deplasmolysed and they become crisp.


Why do plants wilt if not watered?

You can think of a plant as a bit like a tower made up of cells instead of bricks. Plant cells are mostly water. If the plant loses too much water through evaporation (or transpiration) and this isn't replaced because you haven't watered it, then the water content of the cells starts to fall. Like partially inflated balloons, they start to lose their shape and strength, becoming "flaccid" or floppy. A tower made of floppy bricks doesn't stand up very well, and is likely to bend over or wilt. Watering the plant will allow the cells to refill and the plant may recover.


What is water lost to the atmosphere by the activities of plant?

transpiration


When water is lost from a plant what is it caused by?

Yes, primarily.


What will happen to the plant if too much water is lost?

it dies