During plasmolysis, what happens to the central vacuole?
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Correct answer: It loses water and shrinks in volume.
When a cell is placed in a hypertonic solution, water leaves the vacuole via osmosis. This loss of turgor causes the vacuole and the surrounding cytoplasm to contract away from the rigid cell wall.
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