Study the diagram below showing a portion of an onion epidermis that had been irrigated with a certain solution X.

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Study the diagram below showing a portion of an onion epidermis that had been irrigated with a certain solution X.

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;

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