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When an animal cell is placed in a hypotonic solution and water enters the cell via osmosis, the volume of the cell increases until it bursts. this does not happen to plant cells, because ________?

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they have cell walls

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Because plant cells have cell walls which are strong enough to resist increasing pressure within the cell ! As water enters central vacuole by osmosis , the vacuole then expands and swells up . The vacuole and cytoplasm press outwaards against plasma membrane which then will presses hard against the cell wall . SO it becomes turgid instead !
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