Question

What is the consequence of the following condition?A having low water concentration that the surrounding medium.

Answer 1

Answer:

⭐(a) (i) When a cell possess higher water concentration than the surrounding medium then exosmosis occurs in the cell due to difference in concentration and cell shrinks.

⭐(ii) When a cell has low water concentration than surrounding medium then endosmosis occurs that results in the swelling of the cell.

⭐(iii) A cell having equal water concentration to its surrounding medium will not show any changes.

⭐(b) Cell wall is composed of cellulose and cell membrane is composed of lipids and proteins.