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What physical process is causing the cell to change size.

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Plant cells are enclosed by a cell wall so when the cell is placed in a hypotonic solution, it takes up water by osmosis and it starts to swell but the cell wall prevents it from bursting. Hope this helps! :)
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The physical process that causes cells to change shape and size is called Osmosis
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