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Question
Given below is the diagram of a cell as seen under the microscope after having been placed in a solution:
(i) What is the technical term used for the state/condition of the cell given above?
(ii) Give the technical term for the solution in which the cell was placed.
(iii) Name the parts numbered 1 to 4.
(iv) Is the cell given above a plant cell or an animal cell ? Give two reasons in support of your answer as evident from the diagram.
(v) What would you do to bring this cell back to its original condition?
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Solution
(i) Plasmolysis
(ii) Hypertonic solution
(iii) (1) Nucleus, (2) Sugar drops, (3) Small vacuole, (4) Large vacuole.
(iv) Plant cell (1) Presence of cell wall, (2) Presence of large vacuole.
(v) It has to be placed in a hypotonic solution.
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