BI-1698
Osmosis
Biology · Secondary 4 · Medium · Osmosis
A piece of potato tissue is placed in a concentrated sucrose solution for 30 minutes. What will happen to the potato cells and why?
- Water leaves the cells by osmosis and they become plasmolysed.
- Water enters the cells by osmosis and they become turgid.
- Sucrose enters the cells by diffusion and they burst.
- Sucrose leaves the cells by diffusion and they shrink.
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