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If the water concentration on the inside of the cell is lower than the concentration on the outside where will water move?
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∙ 13y ago
Osmotic pressure causes substances to flow from where they are more concentrated to where they are less concentrated, but also note that in the case of cells, some substances are pumped through cell membranes in an opposite direction than osmotic pressure would cause.
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What is one in which the concentration of dissolved materials in the water outside the cell is lower than the concentration inside the cell?
b.avacado
When do Hemolysis occurs when a blood cell is placed into?
A hypotonic solution. The concentration of solute inside the cell is greater than that outside the cell and water enters the cell by osmosis. Water travels from an area of higher water concentration (outside the cell) to an area of lower water concentration (inside the cell) and the cell swells.
What would happen if the concentration of molecules outside the cell was lower than the inside?
the carbon dioxide will move into the cell due to the concentration of carbon dioxide outside of the cell being higher
What method of molecular transport says water concentration inside a cell is higher than the water concentration outside the cell water flows out of the cell?
Osmosis.
What will happen when a plant is moved from a fresh water environment to a salt water environment?
Because substances move from areas of higher concentration to areas of lower concentration, the water would move either in or out of the cell. In the fresh water, there was a lower concentration inside the cell, so the water moved into the cell. In the salt water, there would be less water on the outside of the cell, so the water would move out of 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 is one in which the concentration of dissolved materials in the water outside the cell is lower than the concentration inside the cell?
b.avacado
When do Hemolysis occurs when a blood cell is placed into?
A hypotonic solution. The concentration of solute inside the cell is greater than that outside the cell and water enters the cell by osmosis. Water travels from an area of higher water concentration (outside the cell) to an area of lower water concentration (inside the cell) and the cell swells.
Is the movement of water to try to balance concentrations?
Osmosis, which is the movement of water across a semi-permeable membrane from where it is in high concentration to where it is in lower concentration. The purpose of osmosis is to equalize the concentration of solutes inside a cell and outside a cell.
What would happen if the concentration of molecules outside the cell was lower than the inside?
the carbon dioxide will move into the cell due to the concentration of carbon dioxide outside of the cell being higher
Are lower concentration of water molecules outside the cell normal?
yes!
What will happen to a potato put in salt water?
In the salt solution the concentration of water inside the cells of the potato is higher than that outside. Therefore water molecules move from inside the potato where there is higher concentration of water molecules to outside the potato where there is a lower concentration of water molecules through semipermeable membrane of the potato cells. This process is called osmosis.
How does the cell membrane control water balance in the cell?
Osmosis, which is the movement of water across a semi-permeable membrane from where it is in high concentration to where it is in lower concentration. The purpose of osmosis is to equalize the concentration of solutes inside a cell and outside a cell.
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.
How is osmosis related to water?
Osmosis is when water molecules pass through a membrane. For example, if there is more salt outside a cell then inside it, the process of osmosis transports water molecules outside the cell to equalize the concentration of salt. WordNet's definition: diffusion of molecules through a semipermeable membrane from a place of higher concentration to a place of lower concentration until the concentration on both sides is equal
What are the three types of osmosis?
1.] Isotonic - concentrationg is the same on the outside and inside [dynamic equilibrium] 2.] Hypotonic - concentration of substances lower outside the cell, water flows in, turgor pressure increases, and cell bursts 3.] Hypertonic - concentration of substances higher outside the cell, water flows out and cell shrinks
What uses water osmosis or diffusion?
diffusion uses water to move molecules from a high concentration to a lower concentration but in osmosis it is the same but without water. One example of osmosis:people entering a train station(higher concentration) to inside the train(lower concentration).
