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Plant-Water Relations

Question

Water potential of a solution is always

Easy

A

zero.
B

greater than the water potential of pure water.
C

equal to the water potential of pure water.
D

less than the water potential of pure water.

Solution

Water potential of pure water is maximum. By convention, the water potential of pure water at standard temperatures, which is not under any pressure, is taken to be zero. If some solute is dissolved in pure water, the solution has fewer free water molecules and the concentration (free energy) of water decreases, reducing its water potential. Hence, all solutions have a lower water potential than pure water; the magnitude of this lowering due to dissolution of a solute is called solute potential is always negative.

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