​Unlike Plants, Fungi, and Bacteria, Animal Cells Cannot Resist Volume

question 18

Multiple Choice

​Unlike plants, fungi, and bacteria, animal cells cannot resist volume increases in hypotonic environments. This is because unlike those other organisms, animal cells ____.

• A) ​do not have central vacuoles
• B) ​do not have cell walls
• C) ​do not have pumps that can actively pump out excess fluid
• D) ​are smaller than those other cells and thus cannot handle large increases in volume
• E) ​have relatively more solutes

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