Why did the onion cell plasmolyze?
The environment around the cell was hypertonic to the cell so water left the cell to reach dynamic equilibrium with the NaCl solution. With all the water leaving the cell, the cell membrane separated from its cell wall. In the winter, grass often dies near roads that have been salted to remove ice. What causes this to happen? The salt causes the grasss environment to become hypertonic, and the water leaves the plant cells, causes withering and eventually death of the plant. The high concentration of salt in the soil also speeds the death of the plant. Sketch of Onion Cells Onion Cells + NaCl Error Analysis: Several could have possibly been made throughout the lab. Exercise 1A The data collected in this lab experiment did not appear to contain any errors, however, an error in the results may have unknowingly occurred. If there was a leak where the tubing was twisted shut or a tear in the dialysis tubing, all of the data would be inaccurate. Exercise 1B This section of the lab had to be
