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Title: What would happen to a plant cell without a cell wall? Post by: mickeyK on Oct 26, 2012 Why can't plant cell live without a cell wall?
What would happen if the plant cell lost this organelle? thanks! Title: What would happen to a plant cell without a cell wall? Post by: ilikepoop on Oct 26, 2012 If a plant cell didn't have it's cell wall there would be nothing to support it, it wouldn't be a stable cell. There would be no way for the cells to stay together or much less for them to interact with each other (neighboring cells are connected by plasmodesmata)
Title: What would happen to a plant cell without a cell wall? Post by: mickeylee on Oct 26, 2012 If it didn't have a cell wall then it wouldn't be able to function and everything would pour out of it.
Title: What would happen to a plant cell without a cell wall? Post by: nuxeh on Oct 26, 2012 The cell wall is composed of cellulose and gives plants rigidity, strength and structure. Trees grow strong and tall because of this cellulose. Without it plants would be a blob of jelly.
Title: What would happen to a plant cell without a cell wall? Post by: datha on Oct 26, 2012 the cell wall supports and protects the plant cell
take osmosis for example, only plants are exposed to fresh water, animal cells and bacteria are rarely , usually never, exposed to fresh water. since the solution or cytoplasm inside the cell membrane is hypotonic (less concentrated with water) than the fresh water , osmotic pressure will cause water to diffuse across the cell membrane into the cell (osmosis), trying to equalize the concentration, causing the cell to inflate. the cell wall protects this cell from bursting. so if there was no cell wall, plants could not intake fresh water. hope that helps |