The diagram given below represents a plant cell after being placed in a strong sugar solution

The diagram given below represents a plant cell after being placed in a strong sugar solution. Study the diagram and answer the questions that follow: 

1. What is the state of the cell shown in the diagram?
2. Name the structure that acts as a selectively permeable membrane.
3. Label the parts numbered 1 to 4 in the diagram.
4. How can the above cell be brought back to its original condition?
   Mention the scientific term for the recovery of the cell.
5. State any two features of the above plant cell which is not present in animal cells. 

Answer

1. Flaccid / Plasmolysed
2. Plasma membrane
3. 1. Cell wall
   2. Strong sugar solution
   3. Cell membrane
   4. Nucleus
4. Keeping the cell in tap water / hypotonic solution                                                                                                  Deplasmolysis
5. Cell wall, Chloroplasts, large vacuole

• Exam Year: 2017