A plant cell is placed in a solution, and its volume initially increases. After a while, the volume increase stops. Which of the following BEST explains why the volume stopped increasing?
The cell membrane reached its maximum stretching capacity.
All available water in the solution was absorbed by the cell.
The cell wall became impermeable to water.
Turgor pressure reached equilibrium with the external solution's osmotic pressure.
Related Questions
Osmosis requires?
A selectively permeable membrane and a difference in water potential
Active transport and a protein carrier
ATP and a difference in solute concentration
A non-permeable membrane and the presence of water
Which of the following best describes the effect of placing a red blood cell in a hypotonic solution?
The cell will shrink.
The cell will swell and may burst.
The cell will remain unchanged.
The cell will undergo plasmolysis.
Term osmosis is specifically used to refer
    Diffusion across the semipermeable membrane
Diffusion across the permeable membrane
Secondary active transport
Facilitated diffusion
A cell with a water potential of -0.2 MPa is placed in a solution with a water potential of -0.4 MPa. Which of the following will occur?
Water will move into the cell.
Water will move out of the cell.
There will be no net movement of water.
The cell will burst.
Which of the following is NOT a factor affecting the rate of osmosis?
The concentration gradient of water across the membrane
The temperature of the solutions
The permeability of the membrane to water
The amount of solute that can dissolve in the solvent
    A plant cell becomes turgid due to
Plasmolysis
Exosmosis
Endosmosis
Electrolysis
    The membrane, which allows passage of certain substances more readily than others is termed as
    Permeable
Selectively permeable
Semi-permeable
Impermeable
Which membrane is essential for osmosis?
Semi-permeable membrane
Permeable membrane
Impermeable membrane
Cell wall
A plant cell with a water potential of -0.65 MPa is placed in a solution with a water potential of -0.30 MPa. Assuming the cell wall is rigid and fully permeable, and the cell membrane is selectively permeable, what will be the pressure potential of the cell at equilibrium?
-0.95 MPa
-0.35 MPa
+0.35 MPa
+0.95 MPa
    A plant cell becomes turgid due to
Plasmolysis
Exosmosis
Endosmosis
Electrolysis
