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What happens to an elodea cell when the leaf is mounted in regular tap water?
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What happens to the cells of an elodea leaf when mounted on 10 percent salt solution?
the elodea cells swell and the cell becimes fat and dies
What is the function of the leaves in an elodea plant?
Elodea plant leaves release large amounts of oxygen into the water.
Does the plant elodea affect the salinity of water?
not at all, in fact it is a freshwater plant
Do elodea cells have a central vacuole?
Yes, it is filled with water.
Does elodea cell have chloroplast?
Yes, all cells do, to contain and protect anything inside.
What happens to the cells of an elodea leaf when mounted on 10 percent salt solution?
the elodea cells swell and the cell becimes fat and dies
Do elodea float on water?
Elodea floats on water because it is light.
Does elodea grow in water?
Elodea canadensis, most definitely grows in water.
When the elodea leaf is moved from salt solution n placed back in water what happens to the cells?
When you deal with problems like this, you need to consider diffusion and osmosis. In this case, you would refer to diffusion, which is the movement of water across a membrane from high concentrations to low concentrations (to try to balance the concentrations). First consider what happens to the cells when you place the elodea leaf in the salt solution; the water in the cells tries to balance the high concentration of salt (sodium chloride) in the surrounding solution, so the water leaves the leaf, thus the cells shrink. Now when you put the elodea leaf into regular water again, there is a higher concentration of water in the surrounding environment compared to inside the leaf's cells, so in attempt to balance concentrations, water goes INTO the cells, thus the cells in the elodea leaf swell (expand).
Is elodea and cattail water plants?
Well elodea lives on top of water, and cattails live in swampy areas. :)
Is elodea submerged in water?
Yes
Where does Elodea live like country?
Elodea can live in water which is were most of them live in, and they can live in the ocean
How do Elodea move?
Elodea is an aquatic plant so it moves with the current of the water that it is in. It only lives in freshwater and is known as a water weed.
What happens to elodea cells mounted in salt solution?
They would wither because the salt solution is a hypotonic solution. This meaning that there is more water concentration inside the elodea leafs, and less in the solution outside the cell, so the water inside the cell rushes out. Down the concentration gradient, causing the leafs to wither.
What is the function of the leaves in an elodea plant?
Elodea plant leaves release large amounts of oxygen into the water.
What type of organism is an elodea?
Elodea cells are plant cells which are mainly found in aquatic plants which are commonly known as water weeds. They have a cell membrane, mitochondria, nucleus, ribosome and so much more.
Is pond water isotonic to a fresh water cell?
Elodea lives in pond water, which is a hypotonicenvironment - hypotonic has less dissolved solutes than the elodea cells.yes the answer would be hypotonic.
