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Question
A leaf cell of a water plant was placed in a liquid other than pond water. After sometime, it assumed a shape as shown below:
Comment on the nature (tonicity) of the liquid surrounding the cell.
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Solution
The liquid is hypertonic solution. It has higher solute concentration outside the cell than the fluids inside the cell.
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