What happen if cell is placed in hypotonic solution?

Answer 1

When a plant cell is placed in a hypo tonic solution it undergoes endosmosis thus the cell becomes turgid but in case of animal cell due to the absence of cell wall the cell may not withhold the turgour pressure and might blast.

Answer 2

Water rushes into the cell causing the cell to get bigger and could potentially lyse (burst) if too much enters. There is more solute (salt/sugar...) on the inside of the cell than the inside, so the water has to compensate for the imbalance, so it moves in. Think of hypOtonic, the cell gets big like an "O".

Answer 3

It increases its fluid intake. A hypotonic solution means that there is more solvent than solute comparitevely to what ever you compare it to. In this case the cell is the hypertonic solution so there is a smaller percentage of water than the hypotonic solution. When the cell is put in the hypotonic solution the water or fluid moves into the cell through osmosis or diffusion to get the cell and the solution to equilibrium.

Answer 4

There are three types of solutions that can occur in your body based on solute concentration: isotonic, hypotonic, and hypertonic. An isotonic solution is one in which the concentration of solutes is the same both inside and outside of the cell

Answer 5

I will take the cell to be animal cell. The hypotonic solution is taken as hypotonic saline solution. The cell get swollen in that case. There will be absorption of the water from the exterior of the cell. The biochemical cellular functions will be adversely affected. The cell may die if the solution is sufficiently hypotonic. Cell may get burst also.

Answer 6

When a cell is placed in a hypotonic solution, the cell absorbs water into the cell. A hypotonic solution contains fewer dissolved particles than is found in normal cells.

Answer 7

Water will enter the cell by osmosis, causing the cell to swell and possibly even burst.

Answer 8

A hypotonic solution contains less solutes than the cell. This means there will be a net movement of water into the cell. An animal cell will eventually burst in this situation.

Answer 9

The cell will shrink