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What happens when you place a cell in a hypotonic solution?.
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What happens when you place a cell in a hypotonic solution?.

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it depends on what kind of cell…. plant or animal?


for plant:

Hypertonic- plasmolyized

isotonic- flaccid

hypotonic-turgid
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A cell placed into a hypotonic solution will swell and expand until it eventually burst through a process known as cytolysis.
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