Question

What is the relationship between osmosis and turgor pressure?

Answer 1

Turgor pressure is caused by water pushing the cell membrane against the cell wall of cells that have a cell wall (plant, bacteria, fungi etc.) Osmosis moves water into or out of cells.

Explanation:

A turgid cell has a high turgor pressure because the large amount of water inside of the cell pushes the membrane against the inside of the cell wall.

A plasmolyzed cell has a low turgor pressure because there is a low volume of water inside of the cell.

This video explains why and how water moves into or out of cells by the process of osmosis.

Hope this helps!