Question

A slice of sugar beet placed in concentration salt solution would

• A. Become swollen
• B. Lose water and become flaccid
• C. Absorb small quantity of water
• D. Show no change

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

Lose water and become flaccid

Concentration salt solution is a hypertonic solution. When slice sugar beet is placed inside the salt solution, it will lose water and hence turgor pressure by plasmolysis decreases to a point where the protoplasm of cell peels away from the cell wall, leaving gaps between the cell wall and the membrane and making the cell flaccid.

So the correct answer is 'Lose water and become flaccid'.