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A plant cell placed in a strong sugar solution will:
- abecome turgid
- bburst
- cbecome plasmolysed
- dnot change
Original Khojo Papers practice question — not from a past board paper.
Answer
become plasmolysed
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Explanation
Water leaves the cell by osmosis and the protoplasm pulls away from the cell wall.
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