through diffusion and osmosis. :-)
If a cell is dropped into pure water, water will enter the cell by osmosis. This can cause the cell to swell and potentially burst due to the increased pressure within the cell.
Water would enter the cell via osmosis and it would finally burst.
Water would enter the cell via osmosis and it would finally burst.
Water would enter the cell by osmosis in order to equalize the solute concentration/water concentration between inside and outside. The cell would tend to rupture.
Animal cell are hypertonic to the water i.e. they have more solute concentration inside the cell when placed in pure water. Now by the law solvent(water here) move from low concentration of solute to high concentration of solute so water move inside the animal cell which make cell to swell up and when the swelling pressure increase then wall pressure the cell get burst
If a cheek cell is surrounded by pure water, more water would move into the cell. This is due to osmosis, where water moves from an area of lower solute concentration (the pure water) to an area of higher solute concentration (inside the cell). As a result, the cheek cell may swell or even burst if the influx of water is excessive.
the process that causes the water to enter and leave the cell is diffusion
The water leaves the cell.
If a cell is placed in pure water, the water will move into the cell through osmosis, causing it to swell and potentially burst. This process is known as cytolysis and can result in cell death.
water enters a cell by osmosis, causing the cell to swell.
Water, carbon dioxide and oxygen can enter a cell through the plasma membrane.
In this case the solution is hypotonic in relation to the cell. The cell swells up and ruptures as the water rushes in, and since the animal cell has no cell wall it cannot become turgid (stop letting in water), therefore the cell will rupture.