The following diagram represents a plant cell after being place in a strong sugar solution.
The following diagram represents a plant cell after being place in a strong sugar solution.

Guidelines 1 to 5 indicate the following: (1) Cell Wall (2) Strong Sugar Solution (3) Protoplasm (4) Large Vacuole (5) Nucleus

(a) What is the state of the cell shown in the diagram?

(b) Name the structure which acts as a selectively permeable membrane.

(c) If the cell had been placed in distilled water instead of strong sugar solution, which feature would not have been seen?

(d) Name any one feature of this plant cell which is not present in an animal cell.

Answers:

(a) Flaccid

(b) Plasma membrane

(c) Plasmolysis

(d) Absence of cell wall in an animal cell.