BI-1660
Osmosis
Biology · Secondary 4 · Medium · Osmosis
A plant cell is placed in a concentrated salt solution with a lower water potential than its cytoplasm. What will be observed after some time?
- Water leaves the cell, the cytoplasm shrinks, and the cell becomes plasmolysed.
- Water enters the cell and it becomes turgid.
- The cell bursts as its cell surface membrane breaks.
- No net movement of water occurs and the cell remains unchanged.
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