How do plants,fungi,and bacteria avoid the damaging effects of a hypotonic environment?
A) flexible cells walls
B) rigid cells walls
C) semipermeable cell walls
D) photosynthesis

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Rigid cell walls provide structural support and prevent the cell from bursting in a hypotonic environment. Plants, fungi, and bacteria all have cell walls that help them avoid damage in such an environment. Flexible cell walls (A) would not be as effective in preventing damage from osmotic pressure, and semipermeable cell walls (C) would allow water to pass freely into the cell, which could still result in the cell bursting. Photosynthesis (D) is not directly related to avoiding the damaging effects of a hypotonic environment.

How Do Plants,fungi,and Bacteria Avoid the Damaging Effects of a Hypotonic