Osmosis in plant cells is very similar to osmosis in animal cells,
except for on major difference. Plant cells are contained by cell
walls, which means that they do not share the same flexibility as animal
cells. When a plant cells is placed in a hypertonic solution, a solution
with a great deal of solute, the water will leave the vacuole causing the
cytoplasm to pull away from the cell walls. If the plant cell is
immersed in a hypotonic solution, water will go into the solute rich vacuole
and casue the cell to push out against the ridgid cell wall. Isotonic
solutions that hold plant cells create an equilibrium in the water flowing
in and out of the vacuole.
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