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Question
Show by a series of diagrams, the change which a plant cell will undergo when placed in
Hypotonic salt solution
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Solution
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In the figure below ‘A’ shows a cell in the normal state and ‘B’ shows the same cell after leaving it in a certain solution for a few minutes.
(i) Describe the change which has occurred in the cell as seen in B.
(ii) Give the technical term for the condition of the cell as reached in B and as it was in A.
(iii) Define the process which led to this condition.
(iv) What was the solution-isotonic, hypotonic or hypertonic, in which the cell was kept?
(v) How can the cell in B, be brought back to its original condition?
(vi) Name the parts numbered 1 to 3.
Mention, if the following statement is True or False. If false rewrite the wrong statement in its correct form:
Cells that have lost their water content are said to be deplasmolysed.
