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irina irina
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11 years ago
I need some help with this question.
When a cell with 0.9% saline solution in the cytoplasm is placed into an environment
of distilled water, the cells would ______?
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11 years ago
The cell has a higher salt concentration than the distilled water. Thus, distilled water would rush into the cell to balance out the salt concentration, and the cell would swell up. If they swell up a lot, the cell with "lyse" (burst).

Plant cells experience the same phenomenon, but because of their cell wall, they will not swell up and burst.
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11 years ago
osmosis

the cell would take in water because the concentration outside of it is greater
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11 years ago
The cell is placed in a hypotonic environment, therefore water will diffuse into the cell causing it to expand and eventually burst.
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