alleryStart learning →When a plant cell is placed in **isotonic** solution:
- Cell shrinks (plasmolysis)
- Cell swells and bursts
- No net movement of water — cell stays unchanged
- Water moves into the vacuole only
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Correct answer: C. No net movement of water — cell stays unchanged
Isotonic = equal solute concentration inside and outside
⇒ no net water movement, no change in cell shape.
(Plant cells, unlike animal cells, don't burst even in hypotonic solution — cell wall prevents lysis.)