Question

When a plant cell is placed in a hypotonic solution

a. the entire cell size will not change
b. the entire cell will shrink
c. the entire cell will swell
e. the number of chloroplasts in the cell will decrease?

Answer 1

The correct answer is the entire cell will swell.

When the plant cell is kept in a hypotonic solution, it consumes water by the process of osmosis and begins to inflame, however, the cell wall inhibits it from bursting. The plant cell is said to have become turgid, that is, hard and swollen. The pressure within the cell upsurges until this internal pressure is equivalent to the pressure outside.