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A leaf cell of a water plant was placed in a liquid other than pond water. After sometime, it assumed a shape as shown below:

(a) Give the term for the state of the cell it has acquired.

(b) Comment on the nature (tonicity) of the liquid surrounding the cell.

(c) Redraw in the space provided, the diagram of the cell if it is soon placed in ordinary water for some time.

Answers:

(a) Flaccid cell

(b) Hypertonic solution is the nature of the liquid surrounding the cell and it has higher solute concentration outside of the cell than the liquid present inside the cell.

(c)