Beetroot Practical:

[lazaward]

Hi everyone,

I’m unsure if this is the correct explanation. But when the beetroot is placed in distilled water (hypotonic), there was very slight leakage of the betacyanin pigment despite water moving into the beetroot.

For my explanation to explain this I said that as the water moved into the beetroot cell, it became turgid but did not burst due to the rigid cell wall. However, the pressure of the cell contents against the cell wall was enough to cause slight leakage.

Would this be correct? Thanks

[PhoenixxFire]

Yes that is correct. It is also possible that some just happened to leak out as there is a net movement of water into the cell, but a little bit also leaks out, I would go with what you said above though.