Question

Define the term plasmolysis?

Answer 1

When a living plant cell loses water through osmosis there is contraction of the contents of the cell away from the cell wall. This is known as plasmolysis.

Answer 2

PlAsMoLySiS is the contraction of the protoplast of a plant cell as a result of loss of water from the cell. In this process , cells lose water in hypertonic solution. ( a solution that has a greater concentration of solutes on the outside of a cell when compared with the inside of a cell.)...