Q. What would be the difference between the way animal and plant cells react in each of the solutions?
Tapwater and pure water are hypotonic. A single animal cell ( like a red blood cell) placed in a hypotonic solution will fill up with water and then burst. Plant cells have a cell wall around the outside than stops them from bursting, so a plant cell will swell up in a hypotonic solution, but will not burst.
Q. Would this experiment work with other plant cells what about with animal cells Why or why not?
Why orwhy not? -Yes, the experiment would work for other plant cells because they can generate osmotic pressure with the structural integrity of the cell wall. This allows them not to burst in hypotonic solutions. In contrast, it would not would with animal cells because they will rupture in pure water.
Table of Contents
- Q. What would be the difference between the way animal and plant cells react in each of the solutions?
- Q. Would this experiment work with other plant cells what about with animal cells Why or why not?
- Q. What structural difference accounts for the unique way animal cells react when exposed to water?
- Q. How do cells behave in different solutions?
- Q. What solution does not change the shape of a cell?
Q. What structural difference accounts for the unique way animal cells react when exposed to water?
The structural difference that accounts for the unique way animal cells react when exposed to water is the absence of cell wall in animal cells.
Q. How do cells behave in different solutions?
If a cell is placed in a hypertonic solution, water will leave the cell, and the cell will shrink. In an isotonic environment, there is no net water movement, so there is no change in the size of the cell. When a cell is placed in a hypotonic environment, water will enter the cell, and the cell will swell.
Q. What solution does not change the shape of a cell?
33 Cards in this Set
| Causes a cell to swell | hypotonic solution |
|---|---|
| doesn’t change the shape of a cell | isotonic solution |
| causes osmosis | hypotonic solution |
| causes a cell to shrink | hypertonic solution |
| transport protein that provides a tubelike opening in the plasma membrane through which particles can diffuse | channel protein |
