Question

A plant stem was put in a solution. After 30 minutes a cell from the stem looked like the one drawn below;

1. State the type of solution the stem was put in 
2. What term is used to describe the cell
3. Explain what happened

Answer 1

1. Hypertonic
2. Plasmolysed cell
3. water molecules moved out of the cell by osmosis due to hypertonic solution therefore the cell membrane detached from the cell wall

Answer 2

1, hypertonic solution

2, plasmolysis