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What will happen to a cell dropped into a solution of hypertonic salt water?
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A cell immersed is a hypertonic solution will tend to lose water to the solution and shrink.
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What will happen to a cell in a hypertonic solution?
I will take the cell to be animal cell. The hypertonic solution is taken as hypertonic saline solution. The cell will shrink in that case. There will be loss of water to the exterior of the cell. The biochemical cellular functions will be adversely affected. The cell may die if the solution is sufficiently hypertonic.
What direction does water move when cells are placed in hypertonic solution?
Water moves out of the cell in hypertonic solution.
What kind of solution causes the cell to shrink?
salt water. this will cause the cell to lose it's water osmotically resulting in it becoming plasmolysedA hypertonic solution
What cells that are placed in a hypertonic solution of pure water tend to?
Cells that are placed in a hypertonic solution of pure water tend to ___
What happens to a cell in a hypertonic solution?
water moves out. when water diffuses out of the cell, the cell shrinks, that is Hypertonic solution.
If a cell is dropped into a solution and the cell shrinks what should be assumed about the solution?
The solution is likely hypertonic and water is leaving the cell.
What would happen to a houseplant if you water it with salt water hypertonic solution?
It will die.
What will happen to a cell in a hypertonic solution?
I will take the cell to be animal cell. The hypertonic solution is taken as hypertonic saline solution. The cell will shrink in that case. There will be loss of water to the exterior of the cell. The biochemical cellular functions will be adversely affected. The cell may die if the solution is sufficiently hypertonic.
What direction does water move when cells are placed in hypertonic solution?
Water moves out of the cell in hypertonic solution.
What kind of solution causes the cell to shrink?
salt water. this will cause the cell to lose it's water osmotically resulting in it becoming plasmolysedA hypertonic solution
What cells that are placed in a hypertonic solution of pure water tend to?
Cells that are placed in a hypertonic solution of pure water tend to ___
What would happen to a loin fish in a hypertonic solution?
The solution will gain water from the fish, till the fish shrinks, and if the fish is not removed from the solution, the fish will die
What type of solution is hypertonic?
Hypertonic solutions cause cells to lose water.
Is an egg in water and food coloring hypertonic?
The solution is hypertonic compared to the egg.
A solution that causes water to move out of a cell?
Hypertonic Solution
What does a hypertonic solution have?
A hypertonic solution has a higher solute concentration than the cell the solution is in. (So the cell will shrink when it is in a hypertonic solution, because water will leave the cell in an attempt to balance the ratios of solute to water both inside and outside of the cell.)
What would happen to fresh water algae if they are placed in the ocean?
they would be in a hypertonic solution, so they would shrivel and die
