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What would occur if you put an egg in distilled water for 10 minutes then placed the same egg in a solution of 20 percent salt for 10 minutes?
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∙ 13y ago
An intact chicken egg? It will get wet...you are probably supposed to answer something to indicate you know that distilled water is hypotonic and the osmotic differential would cause water to move into the egg to dilute the greater concentration of solute inside and then state that 20% salt water is hypertonic and will cause water to move out of the egg...in that short of a period of time, you won't observe any water movement through the shell. Additionally, you might consider that, to get a 20% sodium chloride solution, you will have to heat the water to the point that it will cook the egg.
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What would happen if a cell is placed in distilled water and then transferred to a 5 percent salt solution?
get larger and then smaller again
What would happen to a red blood cell if placed in distilled water without any solution?
no
Why is the pH meter placed in distilled water before testing each solution?
Not the pH-meter, but the electrode.
What happens to a cell placed in distilled water and then transferred to 5 percent salt will it get bigger or smaller?
Get larger,then smaller
What is the result of a cell being placed in distilled water and then transfered to a 5 percent salt solution?
If a cell is placed in distilled water, it will likely absorb water and swell up due to osmosis. When transferred to a 5 percent salt solution, the cell will lose water and shrink, as the high salt concentration outside the cell will cause water to move out of the cell by osmosis. This process is known as plasmolysis.
A cell contains 3 percent salt and 97 percent water How would this cell respond if placed in a distilled water solution?
It has something to do with osmosis....
What would happen if a cell is placed in distilled water and then transferred to a 5 percent salt solution?
get larger and then smaller again
Would a cell placed in distilled water and then transferred to a 5 percent salt solution get larger or smaller?
get larger then smaller... XD
A dialysis bag is filled with distilled water and then placed in a sucrose solution?
Distilled water will move out of the dialysis bag and into the sucrose solution due to osmosis and the fact that the dialysis bag has a hypertonic solution of H2O as compared to the sucrose solution.
What would happen to a red blood cell if placed in distilled water without any solution?
no
A bag with a 2 percent solution is placed in a beaker that has a 10 percent solution is the solution in the bag hypotonic hypertonic or isotonic?
hypertonic
Why is the pH meter placed in distilled water before testing each solution?
Not the pH-meter, but the electrode.
What happens to a prune when placed in distilled water does it shrink swell or stay the same and why?
It will swell. In the given conditions, the hypotense solution will allow a great influx of the distilled water.
What happens to a cell placed in distilled water and then transferred to 5 percent salt will it get bigger or smaller?
Get larger,then smaller
What is the result of a cell being placed in distilled water and then transfered to a 5 percent salt solution?
If a cell is placed in distilled water, it will likely absorb water and swell up due to osmosis. When transferred to a 5 percent salt solution, the cell will lose water and shrink, as the high salt concentration outside the cell will cause water to move out of the cell by osmosis. This process is known as plasmolysis.
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.
Is eye wash distilled water?
Eye wash is usually sterile saline solution so that it does not burn or sting when placed on the eye.
