Question

What would happen if a thin slice of sugar beet is kept in NaCl?

• A. It should lose water from the cell
• B. It should become turgid
• C. It should neither absorbed water nor lose it
• D. It should absorb water from the soil solution

Answer 1

Answer: (A)

It should lose water from the cell

Sodium chloride is osmotically active compound. Hence, cells of sugar beet slice will lose water through the process of exosmosis. When a cell is placed in a hypertonic solution it shrinks as because the water flows from lower concentration of solute to the higher concentration of solute.

So, the correct answer is option A.