SC-387
Diffusion
Lower Sec Science · Secondary 1 · Medium · Diffusion
A plant is watered with very concentrated sugar solution. After some time, its root cells shrink and the plant wilts. Which explanation best describes what happened to the root cells?
- Water entered the cells by osmosis, making them turgid
- Sugar entered the cells by osmosis, making them burst
- Water left the cells by osmosis, making them plasmolysed
- Sugar left the cells by diffusion, making them flaccid
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