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Question
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:
Comment on the nature (tonicity) of the liquid surrounding the cell.
Solution
The liquid is hypertonic solution. It has higher solute concentration outside the cell than the fluids inside the cell.
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