Four cells each with osmotic potential of about 3% salt solution was immersed respectively into solutions of different concentrations as follows:
I - 1% salt solution; II - 3% salt solution; III - 6% salt solutuon; IV - 10% salt solution.
If the cells are plant cells, what would happen to the cell in solution III? It would become
When a plant cell is placed in a hypertonic solution (6% salt solution vs 3% internal concentration), water leaves the cell via osmosis, causing the protoplast to shrink away from the cell wall.
Solution I (1%): The cell is in a hypotonic solution; water enters, and it becomes turgid.
Solution II (3%): The cell is in an isotonic solution; there is no net movement of water, and the cell remains flaccid.
Solutions III & IV: The cell is in a hypertonic solution; water leaves, and it becomes plasmolyzed.
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