A-LevelBiologyCell membranes and transportMay/June 2013Paper 1 Q61 Mark
An animal cell and a plant cell are placed in distilled water. The animal cell swells and bursts, while the plant cell swells but does not burst. What accounts for this difference?
AAnimal cells have no cell wall.
BAnimal cells have no vacuole.
CPlant cell surface membranes are partially permeable.
DPlant cell walls are freely permeable.
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