diffuses in and out of the cell
If a cell is placed in salt water, water leaves the cell by osmosis.
If a cell is placed in salt water, water leaves the cell by osmosis.
If a cell is dropped into pure water, water will enter the cell by osmosis. This can cause the cell to swell and potentially burst due to the increased pressure within the cell.
In a leaf mesophyll cell placed in distilled water, water will move into the cell through osmosis. This is because the cell has a higher solute concentration than the distilled water, creating a concentration gradient that drives the movement of water into the cell.
Phospholipids in the cell membrane prevent water from entering a cell.
Water enters and exits a cell by osmosis, which is the diffusion of water.
OSMOSIS More specifically: Endosmosis is the movement of water into a cell Exosmosis is the movement of water out of a cell
Osmosis effects the volume of a cell. when the cell has equal water molecules in the water aroung it and in the cell it is shaped normally. When there is a lot of salt in the water the cell shrinks because there is less water content in the salty water thus the cell gets rid of the extra water molecules. When there is very little salt content in the water the cell gets bigger because the cell absorbs to much water.
Osmosis
water to move into the cell, causing the cell to swell and eventually burst due to the influx of water.
Sadly, the cell will explode.
The cell absorbs water through its semipermeable membrane in order to make the ratio of salt particles to water particles equal in the cell and outside the cell. However, the increase in water in the cell makes it explode.