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xclash

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on: Aug 16, 2013

The initial response of the root cells of a tomato plant watered with seawater would be to
A) rapidly produce organic solutes in the cytoplasm.
B) rapidly expand until the cells burst.
C) begin to plasmolyze as water is lost.
D) actively transport water from the cytoplasm into the vacuole.
E) actively absorb salts from the seawater.

clippers!

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Reply #1 on: Aug 20, 2013

I chose C and got the answer, hope that helps.

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