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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 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.


Whats it called when a Celll has no water?

plasmolysis-dehydrated


What is bacterial plasmolysis?

Incipient PlasmolysisThe stage of plasmolysis at which the first sign of shrinkage of cell contents from cell wall becomes detectable is called incipient plasmolysis


If a plant cell is put into a concentrated sugar solution what will happen?

Those animal cells placed in pure water will swell but plant cells are restricted by their cells walls. If place in a solution high in sugar (or even salt), both cells will shrink in a process called crenation (shriveling).


What is the shrinking of cytoplasm by osmosis called?

The shrinking of cytoplasm by osmosis is called plasmolysis. This occurs when a plant cell loses water due to a hypertonic environment, causing the cell membrane to detach from the cell wall.


What is it called when a male animal gets on top of a female animal?

The male animal mounts the female. That process is called mating.


What condition occurs when water leaves and the cell wilt?

When water leaves a cell and it wilts, it is a condition called plasmolysis. Plasmolysis occurs when the vacuole and cell membrane shrink away from the cell wall due to the loss of water, leading to wilting and potential damage to the cell.


What is the difference between lysis and plasmolysis?

When a cell is placed in a hypotonic solution, water will enter the cell. This is called lysis. When a cell is placed in a hypertonic solution, water will leave the cell (causing it to shrink). This is called plasmolysis.


What is the shrinking of a cell called?

A plasmolysis solution is the opposite of a hypotonic solution because in a plasmolysis solution the cell will shrink due to the little amount of water outside the cell and the greater amount of water inside the cell. A plasmolysis solution only occurs in plant cells.


How does hypertonic affect an animal cell?

A hypertonic solution causes water to move out of the animal cell, leading to cell dehydration and shrinkage. This can disrupt cellular function and potentially lead to cell death.