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Unlike animal cells, plant cells are unable to control the compostiton of fluid around their cell. Plant cells are normally permanetly bathed in almost pure water, which is constantly absorbed from the plants roots. Water entering a plant cell by osmosis causes the protoplast to swell and press on the cell wall. Because the cell wall is capable of only very limited expansion, a pressure builds up on it that resists the entry of further water. However animal cells do not have this ability and let constant water in, causing it to burst.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 13y agoPlant cells have cell walls whereas animal cells do not. The cell wall, made of cellulose, gives plant cells their regular shape and ensure that lysis (bursting) or crenation (shrinking) does not occur. Instead, plant cells plasmolyze (cell membrane shrinks away from cell wall) or become turgid (stiff). Without the protection of the cell wall, animal cells can lyse in dilute (hypotonic) solutions.
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∙ 13y agoIt will burst because animal cells lack cell membranes which protect the cell from absorbing too much water. The cell would absorb to much and the cell wall would not be able to expand to contain all the water and the cell would explode.
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∙ 8y agoThe cell membrane contains pores, composed of aquaporin proteins, that allow the passage of water through the lipid bilayer. If the outer environment has a lower osmotic concentration than the cytoplasm (and pure water definitely does), osmosis will drive water across the membrane, and the cell will burst. Bacteria, plants, fungi and some protists are protected by their cell wall, but animal cells aren't. Epithelial cells are resistant to this, but other animal cells are not.
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∙ 14y agoPlant cells have a rigid cell wall, while animal cells only have a membrane that can burst like a balloon.
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∙ 11y agoBecause animal cells lack cell wall
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What happens to a cell when it is placed into a solution that is hypo-tonic to it?
Water moves into the cell by osmosis. If it is a plant cell, it will become fully turgid. If it is an animal cell, the cell will become larger and larger and will eventually burst.
What will happen to an animal cell if placed in a concentrated solution?
when an animal cell is placed in a concentrated or diloute solution, it soakes up the water but because animal cell do not have cell walls like plant cells they will eventually burst.
Why do human cells die in freshwater?
As, human cell is an animal cell. When it is placed in an hypotonic solution like freshwater,it will finally swell and burst
Why don't potato cells swell and burst when placed in distilled water?
Potatos are plants and they have cell walls.
What happens when you submerge a plant cell and an animal cell in solutions with different water potential?
They both will eventually burst.
What would happen if you put liver cell in a hyptonic solution?
If an animal cell is placed in a hypotonic solution, there will be a net movement of water into the cell and it will eventually burst. If an animal cell is placed in a hypertonic solution, there will be a net movement of water out of the cell and it will shrink.
If an animal cell is placed in a hypotonic solution water moves into the cell causing the cell to swell and possibly burst?
Which is called Plasmoptysis.
How will a plant cell respond differently than a animal cell?
It will not burst when placed in a dilute solution.
Why animal cells burst when they are placed in pure water?
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
What happens to a cell when it is placed into a solution that is hypo-tonic to it?
Water moves into the cell by osmosis. If it is a plant cell, it will become fully turgid. If it is an animal cell, the cell will become larger and larger and will eventually burst.
What happens when excess water enters the plant cell?
If excess water moves into an animal cell, it will eventually burst. This happens if the cell is placed in a hypotonic solution (a solution with a lower solute concentration than the cell).
If a animal cell is put into a pure water what will happen?
burst
An animal cell that surrounded by fresh water will burst because osmosis causes?
water to move into the cell
What happens in a animal cell in pure water an why does this not happen in a plant cell?
It can possibly burst.
Ways osmosis can affect a cell?
If water moves into a cell it becomes turgid and if an animal cell can burst. Plant cell will not burst due to cell wall. If water moves out of the cell it is known as flaccid and the cell membrane will contract make the cell smaller, again if its an animal cell.
An animal cell that is surrounded by fresh water will burst because the osmosis pressure causes?
An animal cell that is surrounded by fresh water will burst because the osmotic pressure causesAn animal cell that is surrounded by fresh water will burst because the osmosis pressure causes the cytoplasm is hypertonic where it will absorb water hence swells leading it to burst.
What happens to an animal cell if there isn't enough water in it?
it will eventually burst
