If placed in a hypotonic solution an animal cell will

Tonicity refers to the amount of solute in a solution. Hypotonic means that the solution has very little solute. Compared to an animal cell, which likely is more hypertonic, water from this hypotonic solution would move into the animal cell, causing it to swell.

Glucose, also called grape sugar, blood sugar or corn sugar, is among the simplest and one of the primary naturally occurring sugars. produced naturally by plants as the primary photosynthesis product, it is heavily used by living beings as a main energy source and is necessary for cellular respiration. chemically, it is a monosaccharide carbohydrate and serves as a building block for complex sugars like starch.