Question

rheo leaves are boiled in water and a drop of sugar syrup added to it

Answer 1

Rheo leaves are boiled because boiling kills the leaves and osmosis does not occeur after adding sugar syrup on it.This shows that osmolality does not occur in dead cells.

Answer 2

Explanation: when the rheo leaf is boiled in water then all the living cells in the leaf are killed because boiling kills all the living cells and when the sugar syrup is added on it then no osmosis will take place this shows that osmosis only takes place in living cells

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