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
B
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