Study the diagram below showing a portion of an onion epidermis that had been irrigated with a certain solution X.
a) In one word describe the condition of the cells (1mk)
b) Describe the process that lead to the condition named above. (3mks)
ANSWERS
a) Hypertonic;
b) The cell sap was hypotonic to the solution X; hence water was drawn from the cell into the solution by osmosis; making the cytoplasm to shrink and cell membrane detach from the cell wall;
