Water Balance and Tonicity Quiz

What happens to an animal cell when placed in a hypotonic solution?

• It swells and may burst.

• It remains unchanged.

• It shrinks.

• It becomes rigid.

How does a plant cell maintain its structure in a hypotonic environment?

• By losing water.

• Through turgor pressure.

• By shrinking.

• Through plasmolysis.

What is the process called when an animal cell shrinks in a hypertonic solution?

• Turgidity

• Lysis

• Crenation

• Plasmolysis

What occurs to a plant cell in a hypertonic solution?

• It bursts.

• It undergoes plasmolysis.

• It remains unchanged.

• It becomes turgid.

In an isotonic solution, what happens to the movement of water in and out of a cell?

• Water movement stops completely.

• There is no net movement of water.

• Water moves only out of the cell.

• Water moves only into the cell.