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When the elodea leaf is moved from salt solution n placed back in water what happens to the cells?
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∙ 15y ago
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).
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plasmolysis
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What is the scientific term for the appearance of elodea cells placed in a hypotonic solution?
plasmolysis
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the elodea cells swell and the cell becimes fat and dies
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What can happen to animal cells when placed in a hypotonic solution explain
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Do Elodea cells have starch?
if starch is present in a substance, the solution IKI when combined will turn the substance a blue-black color. When the plant Elodea was combined with IKI the elodea did not turn a blue-black color. Hence elodea does not contain starch.
Is elodea cells organisms?
Is Elodea cell an organism?
What happens to plant cells when placed in a hypotonic solution?
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What happens when carrot is boiled and then placed in concentrated salt solution?
the cells are dead so the potato whould not perform any movement
What are the sizes of cheek epithelial cells and elodea leaf cells?
The human epithelial cells are thick and boxlike whereas elodea cells are thin and platelike. The cells of elodea are rigid and rectangular in shape.
