Plasmolyzed Flaccid
Turgid
Consider the response of a plant cell in a hypotonic solution, as seen here. Imagine a human
red blood cell being placed in the same hypotonic solution. What would you expect to happen
to the red blood cell?
A)
The red blood cell would lose water and shrivel up.
B)
The red blood cell would gain water and could burst.
C)
The red blood would response just like the plant cell.
D
The red blood cell would fill its central vacuole with
incoming water.