alleryStart learning →Stomata open during the day because guard cells become what?
ADead and shrunken
BTurgid by endosmosis
CFully plasmolysed
DFlaccid by exosmosis
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Turgid by endosmosis
Endosmosis makes guard cells turgid, and the stretched thin walls pull the thick inner walls apart.
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