BI-421
Osmosis
Biology · Secondary 3 · Hard · Osmosis
A plant cell is placed in a concentrated salt solution. After some time, the cell becomes plasmolysed. Which statement best explains this change?
- Water enters the cell by osmosis, making it turgid.
- Water leaves the cell by osmosis, causing the cytoplasm to pull away from the cell wall.
- Salt enters the cell by diffusion, bursting the cell.
- Salt leaves the cell by diffusion, making it flaccid.
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