Question

(a) Is the cell wall in a plant cell living or non-living ?
(b) Is the cell wall in a plant cell permeable or selectively permeable ?
(c) What is its chemical composition ?

Answer 1

(a) A plant cell wall is non-living.
(b) It is permeable.
(c) Plant cell wall is chiefly composed of insoluble fibrous polysaccharide, cellulose (carbohydrate). Centain other compounds (hemicellulose, pectins and proteins) also occur in the cell wall.