A Red Blood Cell Placed in a Beaker of Solution

question 4

Multiple Choice

A red blood cell placed in a beaker of solution immediately begins to swell and ultimately bursts. This occurs because the cytoplasm of the cell was ____ to the solution in the beaker, which was ____.

• A) hypertonic; hypotonic
• B) hypotonic; hypertonic
• C) hypotonic; isotonic
• D) hypertonic; isotonic
• E) isotonic; hypotonic

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