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Problems What will happen to a plant cell in certain conditions? Pure Water: the water moves into the vacuole from the outside. It moves by osmosis. In an animal cell, this causes the cell to swell and then burst. A plant cell will not burst because it has no cell wall. It will only swell and become turgid. Strong sugar solution: water travels from the vacuole to the outside, it also moves by osmosis. As it does the cell wrinkles and becomes flaccid. Background Knowledge Osmosis is the movement of water from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration through a partially permeable membrane. This is a passive process as there is no energy required. My Predictions I predict that that when a plant cell is placed into pure water osmosis will occur and water will move into the vacuole of the cell from the outside via a partially permeable...

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