Q. If sugars are actively moving into a cell, what will happens to the turgor pressure of the cell?
A) TP increases, due to the entry of water
B) TP decreases because water exits
C) TP increases as sugar concentration affects it directly
D) No effect of sugar concentration of furgidity hence no change
Explanation
When a cell is placed in hypertonic solution, the protoplasm shrinks and leaves the cell wall due to exosmosis and cell becomes flaccid. The space between the plasma membrane and cell wall of plasmolysed cell is occupied by hypertonic water
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Ph.D. in Physics with 19+ years of teaching experience.