A plant cell is placed in a solution with a water potential of -0.8 MPa. The cell's initial solute potential is -1.2 MPa and its pressure potential is 0.4 MPa. After equilibration, which of the following statements about the cell's state is MOST accurate?
The cell will be turgid, with a pressure potential greater than 0.4 MPa.
The cell will be flaccid, with a pressure potential of zero.
The cell will be plasmolyzed, with a pressure potential of zero.
The cell will experience incipient plasmolysis, with a pressure potential slightly above zero.
Related Questions
Imagine a plant cell undergoing plasmolysis. If the external solution's water potential is further decreased, which of the following is the MOST likely consequence?
Deplasmolysis and return to a turgid state.
Incipient plasmolysis with the cell membrane just touching the cell wall.
No further change in the cell's state.
Increased plasmolysis with further shrinkage of the protoplast.
    When plant cell is kept in saline drip, cell
    Decrease in size
Bursts out
Increase in size
Unchanged
A plant cell with a water potential of -0.6 MPa is placed in a solution. After a period of time, the cell reaches equilibrium and is found to be plasmolyzed. Which of the following values could represent the water potential of the solution?
-0.4 MPa
-0.6 MPa
-0.8 MPa
-0.2 MPa
    If sugars are actively moving into a cell, what will happens to the turgor pressure of the cell?
TP increases, due to the entry of water
    TP decreases because water exits
    TP increases as sugar concentration affects it directly
    No effect of sugar concentration of furgidity hence no change
    A cell dipped in 0.5 M sucrose solution has no effect but when the same will be dipped in 0.5 M NaCl solution, the cell will
    Increase in size
Decrease in size
Will be turgid
Will get deplasmolysed
    If flowers are cut and dipped in dilute NaCl solution, then
    Transpiration is low
    Endosmosis occurs
    No bacterial growth takes place
    Absorption of solute inside flower cell takes place
    RBC and a plant cell (with thick cell wall) are placed in distilled water. The solute concentration is the same in both the cells. What changes would be observed in them?
    Both plant cell and RBC would not undergo any change
    The RBC would increase in size and burst, while the plant cell would remain about the same size
    The plant cell would increase in size and burst, while the RBC would remain about the same size
    Both plant cell and RBC would decrease in size and collapse
A cell is placed in 0.5M solution of sugar and no change in volume of cell is there, what is the concentration of cell sap?
4M
5M
0.5 M
50 M
A plant cell is placed in a solution with a water potential of -0.8 MPa. The cell's initial solute potential is -1.2 MPa and its pressure potential is 0.4 MPa. After equilibration, which of the following statements about the cell's state is MOST accurate?
The cell will be turgid, with a pressure potential greater than 0.4 MPa.
The cell will be flaccid, with a pressure potential of zero.
The cell will be plasmolyzed, with a pressure potential of zero.
The cell will experience incipient plasmolysis, with a pressure potential slightly above zero.
    A red blood cell (RBC) was kept in a certain solution for few minutes and it got burst. The said solution was
    Isotonic
Concentrated sugar solution
Hypertonic
Hypotonic
