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hypertonic means the cell has too much water, it's become water logged. In an animal cell the cell will rupture, however the cell wall of the plant cell with prevent this from happening and the plant cell with become swollen.

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How does being placed in a hypertonic solution affect a plant?

Being placed in a hypertonic solution causes water to move out of the plant cells by osmosis, leading to loss of turgor pressure and wilting of the plant. This can disrupt normal cellular functions and potentially lead to cell death if the plant is not able to recover by accessing more water.


What do you call it when a plant cell is placed in a hypertonic solution?

yes...when placed in a hypertonic solution, it goes shrinks (plasmolysis).


How salt effects water?

Since salt water is hypertonic to the plant cell, the water would move into the hypertonic solution (extracellular) and out of the hypotonic plant cell. The cells would lose water and it would die.


What would happen to a plant cell if it was placed into a beaker containing a hypertonic solution?

The plant cell would lose water through osmosis and shrink in size due to the higher concentration of solutes in the hypertonic solution compared to the cell. This process is called plasmolysis, and it can lead to wilting of the plant cell.


How hypotonic and hypertonic solution can make a plant rigid and firm or make it wilt.?

it can make it wilt because there is no water in the cell which is hypertonic solutions.


The shrinking of a plant cell membrane away from the cell wall when placed in a hypertonic solution is called?

The shrinking of a plant cell membrane away from the cell wall when placed in a hypertonic solution is plasmolysis


What causes plasmolysis in plants?

Plasmolysis occurs when the cell(hypotonic) is kept in a hypertonic solution. If a plant cell is placed in a hypertonic solution, the plant cell loses water and hence turgor pressure, making the plant cell flaccid. Plants with cells in this condition wilt. Further water loss causes plasmolysis: pressure decreases to the point where the protoplasm of the cell peels away from the cell wall, leaving gaps between the cell wall and the membrane. Eventually cytorrhysis -- the complete collapse of the cell wall -- can occur.


What is the contraction or shrinking of the cell membrane of a plant cell in a hypertonic solution in response to the loss of water by osmosis?

plasmolysis


A cell is dropped into a solution and the cell swells the solution is?

hypertonic hypertonic


How does hypertonic affect an animal cell?

A hypertonic solution causes water to move out of the animal cell, leading to cell dehydration and shrinkage. This can disrupt cellular function and potentially lead to cell death.


OBSERVING OSMOSIS IN PLANT CELLS?

You can observe osmosis in plant cells by placing a plant cell in a hypertonic or hypotonic solution and observing any changes in cell size and shape due to the movement of water. Hypertonic solution will cause cell to shrink (plasmolysis) and hypotonic solution will cause cell to swell. You can use a microscope to observe these changes in plant cells during osmosis.


When a plant with flexible cell walls is placed in a hypertonic solution what happens?

The plant with flexible cell walls when placed in a hypertonic solution tends to grow larger in size by uptaking the solution by the principle of osmosis where molecules from higher concentration moves to a region of lower concentration and this happens in the cell through small minute pores present in the cell walls.