When a freshly collected Spirogyra filam | Class 11 Biology Chapter Transport in Plants, Transport in Plants NCERT Solutions

Question:

When a freshly collected Spirogyra filament is kept in a 10% potassium nitrate solution, it is observed that the protoplasm shrinks in size:
a. What is this phenomenon called?
b. What will happen if the filament is replaced in distilled water?

Answer:

 

  1. This phenomenon is called plasmolysis.
  2. If the filament is replaced in distilled water, the water flows in the shrunken protoplasm which results in swelling up of protoplasm or gets deplasmolysed.

 


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Welcome to the NCERT Solutions for Class 11 Biology - Chapter . This page offers a step-by-step solution to the specific question from Excercise 0 , Question 13: When a freshly collected Spirogyra filament is kept in a 10% potassium nitrate solution, it is ....