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What happens when blood cells are placed in pure water?

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Due to osmosis , water molecules move into blood cells through the cell walls. As a result, blood cells swell and may even burst.
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Knowledge Check

  • An animal cell placed in pure water will

    A
    Swell up and burst
    B
    Shrink and die
    C
    Shrink and undergo Plasmolysis
    D
    Swell up and develop turgidity

  • A plant cell placed in pure water will -

    A
    expand until the osmotic potential or solute potential reaches that of water
    B
    becomes more turgid until the pressure potential of cell reaches its osmotic potential
    C
    become more turgid until the osmotic potential reaches that of pure water
    D
    becomes less turgid until the osmotic potential reaches that of pure water.

  • What will happen when pollen grain is placed in water ?

    A
    It will germinate and produce a pollen tube
    B
    The pollen grain does not germinate
    C
    The pollen grain swells up but bursts at places without forming a pollen tube
    D
    The pollen grain forms a number of pollen tubes

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