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Q: What would happen if you add distilled water to cheek cells?
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When the onion and cheek epithelial cells was placed in the distilled water?

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What will happen to the cells of an apple pieces if they are in salty water?

gain water in the distilled water and lose water in the salty water


What will happen to the red blood cells if large quantities of distilled water is injected into a person's veins?

They would change in volume.


What term describes the condition of plant cells after being placed in distilled water?

What term describes the condition of plant cells after being placed in distilled water?


What will happen to blood cells place in the stailed water?

Your question is confusing, did you mean "distilled" water? Your body & cells live and function not in a pure water environment, but water with several electrolytes in specific concentrations: sodium, potassium, calcium, chloride and several others. If you placed red blood cells into pure water (distilled water) that did not have any of the electrolytes mentioned above, the distilled water would enter the blood cells through the process of osmosis. The basic idea of osmosis is that if there is a chemical gradient and a permeable membrane separating this gradient, there will be a transfer of water trying to reach an equillibrium. The solution in your red blood cells would be hyperosmotic compared to the distilled water. The cell membranes are semi-permeable, and would allow some of the distilled water to enter the cell, trying to balance the osmolarity. The effect would be that the red blood cells would swell with distilled water and likely burst--like an over-filled water balloon. If enough red blood cells were to pop, they could release enough electrolytes into the distilled water to keep other red blood cells from swelling and popping.


What happen if the white blood cell is put in distilled water?

If they are centrifuged and distilled water is added, they will burst immediately


What does distilled water do in an ups?

You have an UPS with a motorcycle battery in it, correct? You use the distilled water to top off the electrolyte in the cells.


What would happen if you placed a slice of cucumber in distilled water?

If a cucumber is placed in distilled water, the water molecules will flow into the cell by osmosis. This happens because the distilled water solution has a lower osmotic pressure than the cucumber cell.


What is the environment of a red blood cell when red blood cells are approximately 0.25 percent salt Red blood cells are placed in distilled water?

The distilled water is a hypotonic environment.


If plant cells are immersed in distilled water the resulting movement of water into the cells is called?

The process is called osmosis.


If you immerse your hand in distilled water will your cells lyse?

No, your dead skin cells with repel water, not allowing it to reach the live cells underneath.


How are cells in sodium chloride different from distilled water?

They are smaller. They shrink.