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A hypotonic solution will make a cell swell. When the environment is hypotonic to the contents of the cell, it will take on water and swell. When a cell is in a hypertonic solution, it will lose water and shrivel up and/or shrink. When a cell is placed in a isotonic solution, the cell is equal and the same. It will not swell nor shrink.
Both hypotonic and hypertonic solutions can kill the cell.
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 11y agoNo - cells gain water when placed in a hypotonic solution.
A hypotonic solution contains less solutes than the fluid inside the cell. This means there is a net movement of water into the cell in order to reach equilibrium.
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∙ 8y agoIf a cell swells when placed in a solution, the solution is hypotonic. This means that the solution contains less solutes than the cell, so water enters the cell in order to achieve equal concentrations inside and out.
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∙ 13y agono the cell will not swell because it have equal pressure inside and outside
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∙ 12y agoBy the theory of osmosis, any solution with a lower salt concentration than that of the cell causes the cell to swell.
So the simplest answer is tap water.
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∙ 11y agoYes, water flows through and gets bigger.
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∙ 9y agothe cell that swell in solution
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What solution that causes a cell to swell cause of osmosis?
Solution causes a cell to swell by osmosis
What solution causes a cell to swell?
Any solution with more H2O than inside the cell will cause the cell to swell. Animal cells will burst under a lot of pressure, but plant cells will not, due to the presence of a cell well surrounding the cell. In other words, a hypotonic solution will cause a cell to swell, and a hypertonic solution will cause a cell to shrink. Hypo -> hyper
Does the cell swell?
Putting the cell in a hypotonic solution makes it swell up.
Cells placed in a hypertonic solution will shrink or swell?
it will shrink the cell when place on hyper tonic solution, otherwise it will swell in contrary
Why does a cell placed in hypotonic solution swell?
water flows into the cell
What solution that causes a cell to swell cause of osmosis?
Solution causes a cell to swell by osmosis
A solution that causes a cell to swell because of osmosis?
hypertonic solution
What solution causes a cell to swell?
Any solution with more H2O than inside the cell will cause the cell to swell. Animal cells will burst under a lot of pressure, but plant cells will not, due to the presence of a cell well surrounding the cell. In other words, a hypotonic solution will cause a cell to swell, and a hypertonic solution will cause a cell to shrink. Hypo -> hyper
Does the cell swell?
Putting the cell in a hypotonic solution makes it swell up.
What is a solution that makes a cell swell?
A hypotonic solution.
What is an example of a cell in a sugar solution?
swell
What solution would make cell swell and become bigger?
hypo solution
Cells placed in a hypertonic solution will shrink or swell?
it will shrink the cell when place on hyper tonic solution, otherwise it will swell in contrary
Why does a cell placed in hypotonic solution swell?
water flows into the cell
What does an alkaline solution do to the hair?
It softens and causes the hair to swell
What solution would make a red blood cell swell?
A hypotonic solution would.
What would happen if a cell placed in a hypotonic solution?
When a cell is placed in a Hypotonic solution, the water diffuses into the cell, causing the cell to swell and possibly explode.
