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What is the shrinkage of the protoplast caused by water leaving the cell by exosmosis called?

Correct answer A. Plasmolysis

Explanation

In a hypertonic solution, water moves out of the vacuole and the protoplast pulls away from the cell wall; this is plasmolysis, which can be reversed by deplasmolysis.

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