A plant cell is placed in a solution whose solute concentration is twice as great as the concentration of solute inside the cell. The cell membrane is selectively permeable,
allowing water but not the solutes to pass through. What will happen to the cell?

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A plant cell is placed in a solution whose solute concentration is twice as great as the concentration of the cell cytoplasm. The cell membrane is selectively permeable, allowing water but not the solutes to pass through. What will happen to the cell? The cell will shrivel because of osmosis.

The answer would be c

Mitochondria produce atp, a high energy compound. atp is used for all sorts of enzyme-mediated reactions, such as making proteins/nucleotides/etc, certain compounds cross the cell membrane, muscles move, etc.  without this source of energy, a cell will die. it will not be able to repair itself, defend against pathogens, etc.