Biology Questions and Answers

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Biology Questions and Answers


The plant cell when placed under


hypertonicamount of water medium losand its cell mes a greatembrane (^)
detaches from the cell wall. In that
situation thcell. When the plasmolysed cell is place cell is called a plasmolyseedd (^)
under hypertonic medium it absorbs
water and becomes a phenomenon is called turgid cell. Tdeplasmolysis.his



  1. Why are salt and sugar
    used in the production of dried
    meat and dried fruits?


Substanceshypertonic environm that maintain a hent, like ighlysugar a (^) nd
salt, are used in the production omeat, fruits or fish (for example, f driedcod)
because the material to be conserved is
then dehydrated and the resultingdryness prevents the growth of
populations of decomposer beings (since
these beings also lose water and die).
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