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18 October, 02:56

What will be the effect of placing a plant cell in a hypotonic solution? A) The plant will wilt. B) The cell will shrink in size. C) The cell will remain unaffected. D) The cell will expand and become turgid.

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  1. 18 October, 05:52
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    D. Hypotonic means the solution is greater inside the cell than outside the cell. In plant cells, this causes the vacuoles to become turgid.
  2. 18 October, 06:40
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    D) The cell will expand and become turgid.

    The plant cell will basically absorb all the water by osmosis and swell, but because it has a cell wall it will become turgid.
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