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Why does a raw egg swell or shrink when placed in different solutions?
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A raw egg without its shell but with its inner membrane intact will either swell or shrink when placed in a solution because of the concentration gradient. The membrane is semi-permeable. An egg will shrink if it is placed in a solution that has a higher solute concentration than inside it. It will swell if it is placed in a solution that has a lower solute concentration than inside the egg.
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A Cell is placed in a salt solution whose concentration is greater than cell?
When a cell is placed in salt water it will shrink, but will swell in carbonated water. m.c
Would a carrot sink in water?
the more salt you add the more difficult it would be for the plant to get water.
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.
When plant cells are swollen with water they are what?
Plants swell when hypertonic in hypotonic solutions of impermeable materials
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.
Cells placed in a hypertonic solution will shrink or swell?
it will shrink the cell when place on hyper tonic solution, otherwise it will swell in contrary
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.
A Cell is placed in a salt solution whose concentration is greater than cell?
When a cell is placed in salt water it will shrink, but will swell in carbonated water. m.c
Would a carrott shrink or swell in salt water or in fresh water?
shrink in salt water. swell in fresh water.
Analogy melt is to freeze as swell is to?
AS SWELL IS TO NOT SWELL. DUHHY EVERYONE KNOWS THAT. 8-D
What is relative tonicity?
From NorthSeattle.edu (see link to the left):Tonicity1. Tonicity of aqueous solutions (water with solutes, such as salt, dissolved in it) is based on cellular responses to that solution.2. Solutions are isotonic if the cells or tissue neither shrink nor swell in response to immersion in that solution.3. Solutions are hypertonic if the cells or tissue shrink in response to immersion.4. Solutions are hypotonic if the cells or tissue swell in response to immersion.See the Web Links to the left for more information.
When a animal cell is in a hypotonic environment it will?
Animal cells do not have rigid cell walls. When they are exposed to hypertonic solutions, water rushes out of the cell causing it to shrink.
What is the best type of tonicity in an environment of a red blood cell?
Isotonic solutions will maintain the normal volume of an individual red blood cell. A hypotonic solution will swell the cell, and a hypertonic one will shrink it.
Solution that causes a cell to swell?
A hypotonic solution will make a cell swell. When the environment is hypotonic to the contents of the cell, it will take on water and swell. When a cell is in a hypertonic solution, it will lose water and shrivel up and/or shrink. When a cell is placed in a isotonic solution, the cell is equal and the same. It will not swell nor shrink. Both hypotonic and hypertonic solutions can kill the cell.
Where does mumps affect?
Your salivary glands (jaws) swell up and for men your testicles swell up and then shrink and they stay that way for the rest of your life!
Why don't red blood cells swell or shrink in blood?
because of the amount of oxygen.
What happens when you put a red blood cell in concentrated salt solutions?
A red blood cell placed in a concentrated sugar solution will shrink and wrinkle. The red blood cell is hypotonic and the concentrated sugar solution is hypertonic. Water will rush out of the cell causing diffusion leading to the cell's shrinking.
