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Plasmolysis contraction of the protoplasm in a living cell when water is removed by exosmosis. The process in which cells lose water in a hypertonic solution.

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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 happens to the volume of the cytoplasm during plasmolysis?

The volume of cytoplasm reduces during plasmolysis


Is the shrinking of cytoplasm by osmosis?

plasmolysis


What do you call the shrinking of an animal cell?

plasmolysis


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.


Whats it called when a Celll has no water?

plasmolysis-dehydrated


When will a plant cell undergo plasmolysis?

as soon as it sprouts


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.


Which part of the cell is greatly affected by plasmolysis?

The cell membrane is greatly affected by plasmolysis. Plasmolysis occurs when a cell loses water and the cell membrane detaches from the cell wall, causing the cell to shrink and the membrane to pull away from the cell wall.


Is plasmolysis an example of active transport?

Osmosis is the tendency of fluid to pass through a semi-permeable membrane until there is an equal concentration of fluid on each side of the membrane. The fluid in not transported, movement is self induced


Dose sodium kill plants?

yes because of plasmolysis.


Does the Elodea plant cell change size when it has undergone plasmolysis?

no