effect on plant cells

• hypotonic solution -

  • net movement of water is into the cell
  • vacuole swells
  • vacuole and cytoplasm push against the cell wall
  • cell becomes turgid
• isotonic solution -

  • water moves in and out the cell in equal amounts
  • cell stays the same
• hypertonic -

  net movement of water molecules is out of the cell

  cell becomes flaccid

  cytoplasm and cell membrane pull away from the cell wall

  plasmolysis