When an animal cell is placed in a hypotonic solution, it will gain water and may burst it will lose water and shrink it will remain the same size the cell's reaction cannot be determined

the principles and empirical processes of discovery and demonstration considered characteristic of or necessary for scientific investigation, generally involving the observation of phenomena, the formulation of a hypothesis concerning the phenomena, experimentation to test the hypothesis, and development of a conclusion that confirms, rejects, or modifies the hypothesis.