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Which way will water flow if the external solution is hypertonic?
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Water ALWAYS moves by osmosis from a low salt concentration towards a higher concentration of salt. If the solution is hypertonic, it has a lot of salt (or other solutes). Meaning the water on the other side of the membrane must be hypotonic compared to the water on the outside of the membrane if it is to move out. In your case, the water MUST move out and the cell will shrink (wilt).
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What happens to cells placed in isotonic hypotonic and hypertonic solutions using diagrams?
In an isotonic solution the cell would be unchanged. In a hypertonic solution water would flow out of the cell and it would shrink. In a hypotonic solution water would flow into the cell and it would expand like a balloon and possibly rupture.
Is salt water dilute or concentrated?
The word 'dilute' is an inexact term. Hypotonic (less solute) and hypertonic (more solute) and isotonic (the same amount) are relative terms. What they mean is that a solution will either have less, more, or the same concentration of a given solute than the reference substance. It is important in cells because a hypertonic solution (such as salt water) will try to pull free water out of the cell, where the concentration of salt is less. A hypotonic solution will cause water to soak into the cells. Either situation may be undesirable. For osmosis, water will flow across a semipermeable membrane in the direction of the pressure gradient. It will always flow from the hypotonic solution into the hypertonic solution. Plants absorb water by creating a hypertonic state inside the root.
What would happen if an cell was placed in a hypertonic solution?
It would shrivel up and die, because water would flow out of the cell.
When would a cell shrink?
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.
What would happen to your cell if a hypertonic solution was injected directly to your blood stream?
The cell will shrinks as the fluid inside the cell will flow out due to osmosis.
What happens when a hypotonic solution is separated from a hypertonic solution by an osmotic membrane?
They diffuse into one another until the point where they reach equilibrium. This point, however cannot be predicted from what you gave nor is it any more likely to be in favor of the hypertonic, the hypotonic, or your idea of isotonic.
What happens to cells placed in isotonic hypotonic and hypertonic solutions using diagrams?
In an isotonic solution the cell would be unchanged. In a hypertonic solution water would flow out of the cell and it would shrink. In a hypotonic solution water would flow into the cell and it would expand like a balloon and possibly rupture.
Would hypertonic or hypotonic blood serum cause hemolysis?
If a cell is placed into a hypotonic solution, the water will flow into the cell causing it to swell and possibly lyse. If a cell is placed into a hypertonic solution, the water will flow out of the cell causing it to crenate. So hemolysis occurs when the red blood cells lyse.
Is salt water dilute or concentrated?
The word 'dilute' is an inexact term. Hypotonic (less solute) and hypertonic (more solute) and isotonic (the same amount) are relative terms. What they mean is that a solution will either have less, more, or the same concentration of a given solute than the reference substance. It is important in cells because a hypertonic solution (such as salt water) will try to pull free water out of the cell, where the concentration of salt is less. A hypotonic solution will cause water to soak into the cells. Either situation may be undesirable. For osmosis, water will flow across a semipermeable membrane in the direction of the pressure gradient. It will always flow from the hypotonic solution into the hypertonic solution. Plants absorb water by creating a hypertonic state inside the root.
What would happen if an cell was placed in a hypertonic solution?
It would shrivel up and die, because water would flow out of the cell.
What happens to a animal cell when in a hypertonic solution?
1. When a plant cell is immersed in a solution with low water potential, the water potential of its cell sap is higher than that of the solution outside its cell.2. water will leave the cell by osmosis. As the cell loses water the vacuole decreases in size and the cytoplasm shrinks away from the cell wall.3. the shrinkage of cytoplasm and cell membrane away from the cell wall is known as plasmolyses or dehydrated cell. the cell is said to be plasmolysed. A plasmolysed cell can be restored to its original state by placing it in water or in a solution with high water potential.
What will happen if one of your red blood cells is placed in an environment with a lot of salt?
The water will flow out of the cell into the hypertonic solution and the red blood cell will crenate (crush).
When would a cell shrink?
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.
Water enters a cell when the solution surrounding the cell is?
Hypotonic- i think. Hypertonic is when it shrinks and Lyses is when the cell burts from swelling too much. We did it with blood cells in my Anatomy and Physiology class.
Did water move ino the cell or out of the cell while it was surrounded by the hypotonic solution explain why?
hypotonic means there are fewer solutes so water would flow into the cell. Hypertonic is the opposite.
What would happen to your cell if a hypertonic solution was injected directly to your blood stream?
The cell will shrinks as the fluid inside the cell will flow out due to osmosis.
What is a plasmolysed cell?
A plasmolysed cell is where the cell membrane has pulled away from the cell wall, resulting in the collapse of the cell. This usually occurs because the cell has been placed in a solution with a concentration of water lower then that inside the cell so the water has diffused through the semi-permeable membrane of the cell into the solution and the cell shrivels because it has no water.
