Question

In hypertonic solution, animal cells This process is called

Answer 1

Ans - In a hypertonic solution, animal cells shrink. This process is called osmosis.

Ans - In a hypotonic solution, animal cells swell up or explode.

Reason - The reason is that the water moves from an area of lower solute concentration to an area with higher solute concentration. In a hypertonic solution, the solution contains higher solute concentration as compared to the solute concentration inside the cell. As a consequence of this, the water from inside of the cell moves out due to osmosis and the cell shrinks. In an exact opposite situation to this, a hypotonic solution is a solution with very low solute concentration as compared to the solute concentration inside the cell. As a consequence of this water from outside the surroundings with rush inside the cell where solute concentration is very high and the cell will swell up and eventually will burst.