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What is Solute concentration in the environment is lower then that in the cell?
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What is the tonicity of a bacterial cell?
Isotonic conditions will not change the cell in bacterial or an human cell. Because the water concentration in the cell equal.Hypotonic conditions will increase the solute in the cell because of the osmotic pressure inside the cell. Cell may burst if to much solute is inside the cell. Bacterial and human cell.Hypertonic conditions is said to have osmotic pressure. Because the concentration in the environment has an higher concentration than inside the cell so all the solute will drive out of the cell and cause it to dry out.
What is hypertonic environment?
when external environment has more water or diluted solution compare to the cell concentration, it is designated as hypotonic environment....
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.
Does the salt move into or out of the cell?
Osmosis is the diffusion of water across a selectively permeable membrane (see "Diffusion" above). It occurs when a solute (example: salt, sugar, protein, etc.) cannot pass through a membrane but the water can pass through. In solutions where the solute concentration is high, the concentration of water molecules is low because some of the water molecules are attached to the solute particles and thus do not contribute to diffusion. In solutions where the solute concentration is low, the concentration of unbound water molecules is high. Water moves from areas where the concentration of unbound water molecules is high (low solute concentration) to areas where the concentration of unbound water molecules is low (high solute concentration). In general, water moves toward the area with a higher solute concentration because it has a lower water concentration
What would happen if you placed an human red blood cell in a hypotonic environment?
hypotonic solution will cause the blood cell to swell up and maybe lyse or be destroyed. Hypotonic solution contains low solute and high water concentration. To reach equilibrium or blanace the difference in the cell and out side of the cell water will move in to make the solute in the cell equal the solute outside the cell
What will influence the concentration of water and solutes in the internal environment of a cell?
the concentration of solute
After solute concentration of a cell how would you describe the new external environment?
it reaches homeostasis, and is in balance.
What happens if a plant cell contains more solutes than its surrounding environment?
A cell with a greater solute concentration in the external environment is hypertonic state. This means that water will be drawn out of the cell and into the external environment causing the cell to shrivel up.
Why is free water concentration the driving force in osmosis?
osmosis is the diffusion of water. In diffusion, substances move from an area of high concentration to and area of lower concentration, or from a hypotonic solution to a hypertonic solution. Free water concentration just refers to the concentration of solute in a solution (in osmosis, water). If the concentration of solute is higher outside of a cell bits of solute will move towards the area of lower concentration: inside the cell. If the concentration of solute is higher within the cell then some solute will leave the cell. Cells "want" to be isotonic, or to have equal amounts of solute both inside and out. When a cell reaches an isotonic state it wants to stay that way, so the water moves across the membrane at the same rate. Hope that helps! Source: AP bio student
The transport of molecules of a particular solute from inside an animal cell across the cell membrane to the extracellular fluid always requires energy when?
the concentration of the solute is lower inside the cell than outside it
What happen to the cell in an isotonic?
Nothing. Isotonic means that the concentration of solute is equal in both the cell and its environment. Thus, the cell does not change in mass or volume
When an animal cell is placed in a hypotonic solution?
A Hypotonic environment (or solution) means that there is a lower concentration of solute in the environment that there is in the cell. Because of this, osmosis will take place and water will flow into the cell. The cell could rupture in a process known as Cytolysis. (In which the cell dies.) It will gain water and may burst.
What does hypotonicity mean?
Hypotonic solutions have a lower concentration of solute than the cell. Water rushes into the cell and causes it to lyse, or explode.
What is the tonicity of a bacterial cell?
Isotonic conditions will not change the cell in bacterial or an human cell. Because the water concentration in the cell equal.Hypotonic conditions will increase the solute in the cell because of the osmotic pressure inside the cell. Cell may burst if to much solute is inside the cell. Bacterial and human cell.Hypertonic conditions is said to have osmotic pressure. Because the concentration in the environment has an higher concentration than inside the cell so all the solute will drive out of the cell and cause it to dry out.
What are the differences between diffusion and osmosis?
Osmosis is the movement of a solvent (water) into a cell where the concentration of a solute is higher, the lower concentration of solute being outside the root cells. Diffusion involves the spreading of a solute from areas of higher concentrations to areas of lower concentration within a solvent.Osmosis is made possible by a semi-permeable membrane which allows the solvent in, instead of allowing the solute out.
What is the difference between diffusion and awsmoses?
Osmosis is the movement of a solvent (water) into a cell where the concentration of a solute is higher, the lower concentration of solute being outside the root cells. Diffusion involves the spreading of a solute from areas of higher concentrations to areas of lower concentration within a solvent.Osmosis is made possible by a semi-permeable membrane which allows the solvent in, instead of allowing the solute out.
What is the difference between diffusion and owsmoses?
Osmosis is the movement of a solvent (water) into a cell where the concentration of a solute is higher, the lower concentration of solute being outside the root cells. Diffusion involves the spreading of a solute from areas of higher concentrations to areas of lower concentration within a solvent.Osmosis is made possible by a semi-permeable membrane which allows the solvent in, instead of allowing the solute out.
