Question

The shrinkage of protoplasm when a cell is kept in hypertonic solution

Answer 1

If a plant cell is placed in a hypertonic solution, the plant cell loses water and hence turgor pressure by plasmolysis,pressure decreases to the point where the protoplasm of the cell peels away from the cell wall, leaving gaps between the cell wall and the membrane and making the plant cell shrink

Answer 2

Answer:

Plasmolysis is the process in which cells lose water in a hypertonic solution. The reverse process, cytolysis, can occur if the cell is in a hypotonic solution resulting in a lower external osmotic pressure and a net flow of water into the cell. Through observation of plasmolysis and deplasmolysis, it is possible to determine the tonicity of the cell's environment as well as the rate solute molecules cross the cellular membrane.