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If a cell is placed inside a solution that has a higher concentration of solute than on the inside of the cell what can be said about the movement of water?
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∙ 6y ago
If you are asking if the cell is highly concentrated with water, will the water move OUT of the cell, the answer is yes.
Through a process called diffusion, molecules will move from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration to reach equilibrium, a word that means that the concentration or particles and molecules is equal throughout the system.
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∙ 15y ago
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How does osmosis explain the movement of water across cell membranes?
Osmosis is the movement of water from a solution of high concentration to a solution of lower concentration through a membrane. Water passes through the membrane, diluting the solution of higher concentration on the other side, until both solutions on either side of the membrane have equal concentrations.
Which ions electrical charges oppose the direction of movement that is caused by their concentration gradient?
Any ion that is positive but has a higher concentration inside the cell or is negative and has a higher concentration outside the cell. Any ion that is positive but has a higher concentration inside the cell or is negative and has a higher concentration outside the cell.
How is a hypertonic solution different from a hypotonic solution?
Hypotonic solution has much less particles dissolved inside the solvent than there is in the cell floating in the mixture. A hypertonic solution has a greater concentration of particles dissolved in the solvent than inside the cell.
A solution in which the salt concentration inside the cell is higher than outside the cell is known as?
hypertonic :D
Movement of sodium ions from a region of lower concentration inside a cell toward a region of higher concentration outside the cell is accomplished by?
active transport
Why cell?
If placed in a hypertonic solution, cells will shrink because the solute concentration outside the cell will be higher than inside the cell. This causes the movement of water out of the cell (in order to equalise the concentration).
How does osmosis explain the movement of water across cell membranes?
Osmosis is the movement of water from a solution of high concentration to a solution of lower concentration through a membrane. Water passes through the membrane, diluting the solution of higher concentration on the other side, until both solutions on either side of the membrane have equal concentrations.
Which ions electrical charges oppose the direction of movement that is caused by their concentration gradient?
Any ion that is positive but has a higher concentration inside the cell or is negative and has a higher concentration outside the cell. Any ion that is positive but has a higher concentration inside the cell or is negative and has a higher concentration outside the cell.
How is a hypertonic solution different from a hypotonic solution?
Hypotonic solution has much less particles dissolved inside the solvent than there is in the cell floating in the mixture. A hypertonic solution has a greater concentration of particles dissolved in the solvent than inside the cell.
A solution in which the salt concentration inside the cell is higher than outside the cell is known as?
hypertonic :D
Movement of sodium ions from a region of lower concentration inside a cell toward a region of higher concentration outside the cell is accomplished by?
active transport
The inside of cells have a higher concentration of what?
The inside of cells have a higher concentration of Potassium. But there's a higher concentration of Sodium outside the cell.
What takes place during osmosis?
Osmosis is the movement of water form its higher concentration to lower concentration through a semi permeable membrane. In it water can move from inside to outside or outside to inside.
What will likely result if the concentration of electrolytes inside a cell is higher than in the extracellular environment?
If the concentration of electrolytes inside a cell is higher than in the extracellular environment it is called hyperosmotic. The cells will loose water and shrivel.
What will happen if a blood cell is placed in a hypertonic salt solution?
A hypertonic solution is a solution that has a high concentration of solute, in this case the solute being salt. When a red blood cell is placed in a hypertonic solution, since the salt concentration is higher in the outside of the cell, the water concentration is lower there as well. Therefore, through the process of osmosis, the water diffuses from the inside of the cell to the outside of the cell.
What is a solution in which the concentration of dissolved substances is lower than the concentration inside the cell?
the answer to this question is : hypotonic solution
What happens when there is a higher concentration of water outside the cell than inside the cell?
Water moves into the cell by osmosis along the concentration gradient until the two gradients are equal. The result is that the volume inside the cell increases, causing the cell to swell.
