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Cell and Cell Organelles — Science STD 8 — Question

Maharashtra BoardEnglish MediumSTD 8ScienceCell and Cell Organelles3 Marks
Question
The fruit pieces kept in sugar syrup show shrinking.
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Answer

There is more concentration of water in the fruit pieces as compared to the concentration of water in the sugar syrup. Therefore, water is lost out by exosmosis. The membranes of the fruit pieces act as selectively permeable membranes. Thus the process of plasmolysis occurs resulting into shrinking of the fruit pieces.

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