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What does prolonged plasmolysis do to cells?
Plasmolysis might be a disadvantage to a cell when too much water is drawn out of the cell. This could cause the cell to collapse. This rarely happens in nature but can be seen in laboratory testing when the cell is forced into a concentrated saline solution.
The shrinking of a plant cell membrane away from the cell wall when placed in a hypertonic solution is called?
The shrinking of a plant cell membrane away from the cell wall when placed in a hypertonic solution is plasmolysis
What happen to cell subjected to prolonged plasmolysis?
the cell membrane will detach from the cell wall and the cell will rupture and die
When will a plant cell undergo plasmolysis?
as soon as it sprouts
Does the Elodea plant cell change size when it has undergone plasmolysis?
no
What does plasmolysis explain?
Plasmolysis explains the process in plant cells where the cell membrane detaches from the cell wall due to water loss, leading to the shrinking of the cell contents. This occurs when a plant cell is placed in a hypertonic solution, causing water to move out of the cell.
Can animal cells undergo plasmolysis?
Animal cells undergo lysis, and plant cells undergo plasmolysis. Lysis occurs when a plant cell explodes due to too much pressure on the inside, and plasmolysis occurs when the vacuole of a plant cell shrinks away from the cell wall due to lack of water.
What do you call it when a plant cell is placed in a hypertonic solution?
yes...when placed in a hypertonic solution, it goes shrinks (plasmolysis).
What is the effect when you pour salt on a plant?
If the plant is not a salt water plant, then plasmolysis will occur when you pour salt on a plant.When you pour salt on a plant water molecules inside the cell are drawn out. When the water molecules leave the cell, the cell becomes dehydrates and shrinks. This is called plasmolysis.
What is the shrinking of a cell due to loss of water?
The shrinking of a cell due to loss of water is called plasmolysis. This occurs when water leaves the cell due to a hypertonic environment outside the cell, causing the cell membrane to detach from the cell wall and the cell to shrink.
What is called the condition where a plant cell shrinks and moves or breaks away from the cell wall?
The condition you are referring to is called plasmolysis. This process occurs when a plant cell loses water through osmosis, causing the cell membrane to detach from the cell wall.
What causes plasmolysis in plants?
Plasmolysis occurs when the cell(hypotonic) is kept in a hypertonic solution. If a plant cell is placed in a hypertonic solution, the plant cell loses water and hence turgor pressure, making the plant cell flaccid. Plants with cells in this condition wilt. Further water loss causes plasmolysis: pressure decreases to the point where the protoplasm of the cell peels away from the cell wall, leaving gaps between the cell wall and the membrane. Eventually cytorrhysis -- the complete collapse of the cell wall -- can occur.
