9700/12 Biology Feb Mar 2020 Online Test | Cambridge AS and A Level MCQ

An investigation was carried out into the effect of different treatments on the permeability of the cell surface membranes and tonoplasts of beetroot cells. Beetroot cell vacuoles contain a red pigment. This pigment is unable to pass out of the cells because it cannot diffuse through the tonoplasts or cell surface membranes.
$1c{m^3}$ cubes were cut from beetroot tissue and washed in running water for 20 minutes to remove any pigment released…