When a Plant Cell Is Placed in a Hypotonic Solution

question 70

Multiple Choice

When a plant cell is placed in a hypotonic solution, the cell wall prevents ____.

• A) plasmolysis
• B) diffusion
• C) active transport
• D) the cell from bursting
• E) the cell from shrinking

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Definitions:

Subducted

Refers to the geologic process where one tectonic plate moves under another and sinks into the mantle.

Tectonic Terranes

Discrete fragments of crustal material formed on, or broken off from one tectonic plate, and accreted or sutured to crust lying on another plate.

Geologic Map

A map that represents the rock formations and geologic features on the surface of the Earth, used by geologists to understand earth processes and history.

Terrane

A fragment of Earth's crust that has been transported and attached to a continent along a tectonic boundary.