NEET2004BotanyTransport in PlantsActual
When a fresh-water protozoan possessing a contractile vacuole, is placed in a glass containing marine water, the vacuole will:
Options
- Aincrease in number
- Bdisappear
- Cincrease in size
- Ddecrease in size.
Correct answer
B. disappear
Step-by-step solution
Contractile vacuole is involved in osmoregulation. When a cell is placed in marine water (hypertonic solution), the water inside the cell (vacuole) rushes out, disappearing the vacuole.