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


ANSWER: b

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