Water will flow across the plasma membrane from where there

Water will flow across the plasma membrane from where there is more water to where there is less. If an animal cell is hypertonic compared to its environment it will

b. lose salt to the environment

c. be unaffected

d. swell and perhaps burst

e. gain salt from the environment

Solution

If a solution is hypertonic it means there is more concentration of the solute. And when a cell with hypertonic solution is placed in the environment which is comparatively less hypertonic it tends to become hypotonic.

Thus option D is the correct answer. As solvent will come inside the cell and in that case cell cam probably burst too..