what statement describes the movement of water when a cell swells up and bursts due to osmosis?
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Answer:
When the plant cell is placed in a hypotonic solution , it takes up water by osmosis and starts to swell, but the cell wall prevents it from bursting. The plant cell is said to have become "turgid" i.e. swollen and hard. The pressure inside the cell rises until this internal pressure is equal to the pressure outside
Explanation:
Water went into the cell because the concentration of water inside the cell was lower than the concentration outside the cell.
Cytolysis, or osmotic lysis, occurs when a cell bursts due to an osmotic imbalance that has caused excess water to diffuse into the cell. Water can enter the cell by diffusion through the cell membrane or through selective membrane channels called aquaporins, which greatly facilitate the flow of water.
when the water potential inside the cell is lower than the outside medium then water will enter the cell and it swells