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book Biology: Concepts and Investigations 2nd Edition by Mariëlle Hoefnagels cover

Biology: Concepts and Investigations 2nd Edition by Mariëlle Hoefnagels

Edition 2ISBN: 978-0077295349
book Biology: Concepts and Investigations 2nd Edition by Mariëlle Hoefnagels cover

Biology: Concepts and Investigations 2nd Edition by Mariëlle Hoefnagels

Edition 2ISBN: 978-0077295349
Exercise 5
A drop of a 5% salt (NaCl) solution is added to a leaf of the aquatic plant Elodea. When the leaf is viewed under a microscope, colorless regions appear at the edges of each cell as the cell membranes shrink from the cell walls. What is happening to these cells?
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The Elodea cells are shrinking...

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