In brief state what happens when a) dry apricots are left transferred to sugar solution? b) a Red Blood Cell is kept in concentrated saline solution? c) the Plasma-membrane of a cell breaks down? d) rheo leaves are boiled in water first and then a drop of sugar syrup is put on it? e) golgi apparatus is removed from the cell?

Explanation:

 (a) Dry apricots when placed in pure water swell due to osmosis and when in sugar water, they shrink again.

(b) When a Red Blood Cell is placed in concentrated saline solution exosmosis occurs and the RBCs shrink due to excess loss of water.

(c) Breaking of the plasma membrane leads to the scattering of the ceil organelles as it forms the basic supporting unit of the cell.

(d) When Rheo leaves are boiled in water first and then a drop of sugar syrup is put on it, osmosis does not occurs, due to the death of the cells of the leaf. This shows that selective permeability is property of living plasma membrane.

(e) Golgi complex helps in the package, storage and transfer of proteins synthesized by ribosomes. Thus, when ribosomes are removed the cell will not function properly