BI-593
Osmosis
Biology · Secondary 3 · Medium · Osmosis
A strip of plasmolysed plant tissue is placed into distilled water. After some time, the mean cell volume stops increasing. Which statement best explains why the volume stops increasing?
- Cells are fully turgid so there is no net movement of water into the cells
- Cells are fully plasmolysed so water cannot enter
- The water potential of the cells is higher than that of the distilled water
- The cell membranes have become impermeable to water
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