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Cells would shrink if they were placed in a salty environment. Salt has a lower phi, or water pressure, than the interior of the cell, and the water in the cell would naturally flow out of it through osmosis. The cell would become hyper-osmotic in respect to the environment around it.
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Does isotonic soultion cause a cell to shrink?
No. An isotonic solution would not cause a cell to shrink, because the concentration of water in the solution and inside the cell is the same. A hypertonic solution would cause a cell to shrink.
What would happen if a plant didn't get enough water?
The cell memebrane would shrink from the cell wall (plasmolosis) and the cell would eventually die
What conditions make a cell shrink?
Hypertonic conditions make a cell shrink .
What would happen to a plant cell if it was placed into a beaker containing a hypertonic solution?
The plant cell would shrink but remain its shape.
What might happen if the amount of water entering and leaving the cell were not controlled will the cell swell or shrink?
The cell membrane and all its organelles would burst.
Does isotonic soultion cause a cell to shrink?
No. An isotonic solution would not cause a cell to shrink, because the concentration of water in the solution and inside the cell is the same. A hypertonic solution would cause a cell to shrink.
What makes cytoplasm in a plant cell shrink?
If you place the cell in a hypertonic solution (a solution with a higher concentration of salt than the cell) the cell membrane would shrink.
What would happen to your cells if the fluid outside our cells became hypertonic?
water would move from the red blood cell into the solution and the cell would then shrink and therefore not function properly
Which type of solution would cause a cheek cell to shrink?
A hypertonic solution would cause a cheek cell to shrink. The size is related to the fact that the hypertonic solution has a greater concentration of solute outside the cell.
What would happen if a plant didn't get enough water?
The cell memebrane would shrink from the cell wall (plasmolosis) and the cell would eventually die
What conditions make a cell shrink?
Hypertonic conditions make a cell shrink .
What causes a cell of shrink because of osmosis?
What causes a cell to shrink because of osmosis?
What would happen to a plant cell if it was placed into a beaker containing a hypertonic solution?
The plant cell would shrink but remain its shape.
What would happen to the cells of a freshwater organism if it was placed in saltwater?
The concentration of water molecules outside the cell is lower than the concentration of the water molecules inside the cell. As a result, water moves out of the cell by osmosis. When water moves out, cells shrink. Put another way, the concentration of solute (salt) is higher outside the cell than inside. More water will flow out of the cell than into the cell through the cell membrane.
What would happen if freshwater bacterial cells are placed in salt water?
water leaves the cell causeing the cell to shrink.
Why don't plant cells shrink up like animal cells in a salt solution?
The cell body does shrink, however in plants there is a rigid cell wall framework and this does not shrink with the cell contents.
What might happen if the amount of water entering and leaving the cell were not controlled will the cell swell or shrink?
The cell membrane and all its organelles would burst.
