Subject: When is a cell flaccid compared to turgid compared to plasmolysed?
Date: Sun Feb 8 16:52:02 2004
Posted by Jo
Grade level: 10-12
School: St Leonards College
City: Melbourne State/Province: Victoria
Country: Australia
Area of science: Botany
ID: 1076280722.Bt
Message:
Different texts say different things. Cells are turgid in hypotonic
solutions. Are they then flaccid in isotonic and hypertonic or only in
hypertonic? If only flaccid in hypertonic, what state do you call it when in
an isotonic solution? What is plasmolysed compare to flaccid?
Re: When is a cell flaccid compared to turgid compared to plasmolysed?
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