If a plant cell is placed in a hypertonic solution, what phenomenon will occur, and what will happen to the cytoplasm?
Type: MCQ • Marks: 1
If a plant cell is placed in a hypertonic solution, what phenomenon will occur, and what will happen to the cytoplasm?
Options
A. A) Endosmosis; the cytoplasm will swell and burst the cell wall
B. B) Exosmosis; the cell wall will shrink along with the cytoplasm
C. C) Plasmolysis; the cytoplasm will shrink away from the cell wall
D. D) De-plasmolysis; the cell will remain completely unchanged
Explanation
When a living plant cell loses water through osmosis, there is shrinkage or contraction of the contents of the cell away from the cell wall. This is known as plasmolysis.
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