Dead plants seen alongside a salted roadway died because the salt solution caused the cells to
A) undergo crenation.
B) undergo lysis.
C) undergo hemolysis.
D) undergo plasmolysis.
E) not have an effect on the plants.

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Salt solution causes water to diffuse out of the plant cells, leading to dehydration and plasmolysis (shrinking of the protoplast away from the cell wall). This ultimately causes the plant to die.

Dead Plants Seen Alongside a Salted Roadway Died Because the Salt