The osmotic expansion of a cell kept in water is chiefly regulated by:
- Vacuoles
- Plastids
- Mitochondria
- Ribosomes
Answer
(1) Vacuoles
Solution
As per NCERT, the vacuole is a membrane-bound space containing water, sap and other materials; its membrane, the tonoplast, facilitates transport of ions and other materials against concentration gradients into the vacuole.
Hence the concentration of the cell sap in the vacuole is higher than in the cytoplasm, and the vacuole controls the entry of water by osmosis (osmoregulation, turgor).
Osmotic expansion of a cell kept in water is chiefly regulated by vacuoles.
Answer: (1)