Solute Plant Cells

With a cell inside of a hypotonic solution, the amount of a solute outside of the cell is less than the amount of solute inside the cell. The cell has more of the solute on the inside, which means the water will move into the cell. Water will move by osmosis to the area of greater solute concentration in order to balance the amount of solute and water. If a cell receives too much water as a result of a hypotonic environment, it may lyse, or burst, because of the influx of water. Plant cells actually prefer a hypotonic solution because it allows more water to enter the cell, keeping it turgid, which allows the plant to stay upright. This is because it has a cell wall, which prevents it from lysing. A cell without a cell membrane must instead find adaptations to this, especially when submerged in a hypotonic environment. The Paramecium has a contractile vacuole which takes in the water as it enters the cell. When the vacuole becomes full, it expels the water out of the cell, which regulates the amount of water inside the cell. …show more content…
There will be more solute outside of the cell than inside, the so the water will move outside of the cell. They will cause the plant cell to undergo plasmolysis, which can lead to plant death. A plant may prevent this from happening by taking in the salt and storing it in a vacuole where it cannot harm the cell. By taking in solute, the plant will also draw in water, because solute is going into the cell. The plant may also have ways to store water and will try to minimize contact with the sun to prevent water loss. Some examples of this are no leaves and deeper roots on plants. A protist may do the same thing, simply to a lesser extent. This is because the protist does not have a cell wall and would prefer an isotonic environment rather than a hypotonic