Question

1.What will likely happen if an animal cell and a plant cell are placed in a sugar solution that has water concentration more than that of the animal cell and the plant cell?
(a)Both the animal and plant cell will burst.
(b)Both the animal and plant cell will swell.
(c)Animal cell will swell while the plant cell will burst.
(d)Animal cell will burst while the plant cell will swel​

Answer 1

Answer:

Hypotonic solution is a solution which, contains lesser solute concentration. If animal and plant cells are kept in a hypotonic solution then endosmosis will occur. Endosmosis is a process in which the water molecules move from outside of the cell of lower solute concentration to the inside of the cell of higher solute concentration through the cell membrane or cell wall. Due to endosmosis, both animal and plant cells will swell. So, the correct answer is option D.

Answer 2

Answer:

b) both the animal and plant cell will swell.