Question

The relative concentration of water in a hypotonic solution is _____.

high
low
equal
stable

Answer 1

Hypotonic environments have a lower concentration of solute than the cell. Water move from the environment into the cell in order to balance the concentration of solute. When water diffuses into the cell it will swell. Sometimes the cell may lyse or burst due to the excess water uptake.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

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Answer 4

cells consistently encounter changing extracellular environmemt .it may be of diluted solution compared to the cell concentration,thus designated as HYPOTONIC.the more concentrated external environment is termed s HYPERTONIC and that resembles to internal solution is the ISOTONIC