When water moves out of the plant cell and the cell membrane of a plant shrinks away from its cell wall then this condition is known as

Options

A. plasmolysis
B. exosmosis
C. hydrolysis
D. endosmosis

Answer

A

Explanation

Plasmolysis is the phenomenon, which takes place when water from a plant cell moves out and makes the cell membrane of a plant to shrink. It occurs when a cell is placed in a hypertonic solution due to, which water is first lost from the cytoplasm and then from the vacoule.