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Cell: The Unit of Life: Membrane Transport MCQ

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Membrane TransportMediumQuestion 8014

Question

When a plant cell is placed in a strongly hypertonic solution, it usually undergoes:
  1. A
    Plasmolysis
    Correct
  2. B
    Deplasmolysis
  3. C
    Turgidity
  4. D
    Binary fission

Correct answer

Plasmolysis

Explanation

In a hypertonic medium, water leaves the plant cell and the protoplast shrinks away from the cell wall.

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