If the cell is placed in hypotonic solution what will happen?
Endosmosis
Exosmosis
Deplasmolysis
No change
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Which of the following best describes plasmolysis in a plant cell?
Shrinking of the protoplasm away from the cell wall due to water loss.
Swelling of the protoplasm due to water gain.
Bursting of the cell wall due to excessive water intake.
Movement of the cell nucleus towards the center of the cell.
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.
Which of the following conditions would likely INHIBIT plasmolysis in a plant cell?
Increasing the concentration of solutes in the external solution.
Placing the cell in a hypertonic solution.
Placing the cell in a hypotonic solution.
Decreasing the cell's internal solute concentration.
    Imbibition is always accompanied by swelling or increase in the volume of imbibint However, the increase in the volume of the imbibant is
    More than the volume of water imbibed
    Same as the volume of the water imbibed
    Less than the volume of the water imbibed
    Depends upon the type of imbibant
    When plant cell is kept in saline drip, cell
    Decrease in size
Bursts out
Increase in size
Unchanged
A cell swells up when kept in
Hypotonic solution
Hypertonic solution
Isotonic solution
All of the above
What is the driving force behind plasmolysis?
Diffusion
Active transport
Osmosis
Facilitated diffusion
    When plant cell is kept in saline drip, cell
    Decrease in size
Bursts out
Increase in size
Unchanged
When a cell is plasmolysed?
Turgor pressure becomes negative
Pressure potential is negative
Osmotic potential is negative
All of these
Find the false statement.
DPD of turgid cell is zero
In a plasmolysed cell OP = TP
of pure water is zero
is always negative for a solution
