The central vacuoles of some plant cells you are studying fill with water and press the cell contents against their cell walls because of osmosis. What can you predict about the concentration of solutes in the solution that bathes the turgid plant cells?
A) The concentration of solutes outside the cell must be about the same as that of seawater.
B) The concentration of solutes outside the cell must be significantly lower than the concentration within the cell.
C) The concentration of solutes outside the cell must be significantly higher than the concentration within the cell.
D) The concentration of solutes outside the cell can't be predicted, because it's the concentration inside the cell that's important.
E) There must be no solutes either outside or inside the cell.
Answer: B
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