In brief,state what happens when:
$(a)$ dry apricots are left for some time in pure water and later transferred to a sugar solution?
$(b)$ a Red Blood Cell $(RBC)$ is kept in a concentrated saline solution?
$(c)$ the plasma membrane of a cell breaks down?
$(d)$ Rhoeo leaves are boiled in water first and then a drop of sugar syrup is put on them?
$(e)$ the Golgi apparatus is removed from the cell?

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(N/A) Initially,the dry apricots swell due to endosmosis (water enters the cells). When transferred to a sugar solution,they shrink due to exosmosis (water leaves the cells).
$(b)$ The $RBC$ will lose water to the surrounding hypertonic environment through osmosis,causing the cell to shrink (crenation).
$(c)$ The cell will lose its integrity and die,as the plasma membrane is essential for regulating the movement of substances in and out of the cell.
$(d)$ Boiling kills the cells of the Rhoeo leaves. Since the cells are dead,they cannot perform plasmolysis,and therefore,no change will be observed when sugar syrup is added.
$(e)$ The Golgi apparatus is responsible for packaging and modifying proteins and lipids. If it is removed,all vesicle formation,packaging,and secretion processes within the cell will stop.

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