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What is it called when it causes a cell to shrink because of osmosis?
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∙ 13y ago
CRENATION
An animal cell shrinks by crenation when it is placed in a hypertonic solution (the solution has more "stuff" in it than the cell.) The water from the cell moves out to the solution in an attempt to equilibrate the concentrations. In so doing, it shrivels and becomes CRENATED.
Conversely, an animal cell expands and bursts in a process called LYSIS. Opposite to crenation this occurs in a hypotonic solution. Water from the solution moves into the cell in an attempt to equilibrate. The internal pressure becomes to great and the cell lyses.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 12y agoIf placed in a hypertonic solution, cells will shrink because the solute concentration outside the cell will be higher than inside the cell. This causes the movement of water out of the cell (in order to equalise the concentration).
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∙ 14y agoIts is because that salt solution make all the cell shrink. But i do not know why.
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∙ 14y agoIf you place the cell in a hypertonic solution (a solution with a higher concentration of salt than the cell) the cell membrane would shrink.
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∙ 13y agoDuring exo-osmosis the cytoplasm of the cell shrinks.
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∙ 13y agoi dont know i have the same question
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∙ 13y agoDehydration, or dessication.
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∙ 14y agohypertonic.
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∙ 13y agoPlasmolysis
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Why does water move into the amoeba living in fresh water?
When single cell freshwater organism is transferred in salt water it will shrink. For e.x. As in case of amoeba if fresh water amoeba is kept in salt water it contractile vacuole will disappear and this phenomena is called osmoregulation.
What it the loss of shape caused by a shortage of water in plants?
I think its just called plant dehydration because by the plant getting no water, it isn't able to preform osmosis, making the plants' cells shrink. The thing that keeps the plant upright is the cells absorbing water and swelling forcing the plant to stand. without water, the cells shrink and the plant loses its shape and starts to lean to the side.
How an ozone shrink?
Ozone does shrink. It does because of CFC's.
Does cold air shrink or stay the same?
No; that is why it is called shrink wrap.
What causes your muscle in your arm too shrink?
lack of use.
What causes a cell of shrink because of osmosis?
What causes a cell to shrink because of osmosis?
Why does an egg deflate-shrink after being put into syrup?
because of osmosis
A red blood cell will shrink in size when placed in a more concentrated salt solution because of the passive process called?
Osmosis
How does water loss effect human cells?
It causes them to shrink as they "donate" the water inside them into the circulation, a process known as osmosis.
Is an egg influenced by osmosis and diffusion?
An egg is influenced by the osmosis. Below the eggshell is an adjacent semi-permeable membrane. So if you boil an egg and take out the covering and then keep is in sugar solution for some time, it will shrink because of osmosis of water.
What impact does osmosis and diffusion have on life?
If osmosis and diffusion didn't exist then cells In things would be dry and shrink
Why does osmosis cause elodea leaf cells to shrink?
Due to plasmolysis
Why do grapes shrink when kept in sugar solution?
osmosis takes place
When muscles shrink from disease is it called eutrophication?
No because troph means nourishment. When muscles shrink from disuse, it is called atrophy.
Prolonged inactivity causes muscles to shrink in mass a condition called?
Disuse Atrophy
Why the skin of your fingers shrink when you wash clothes for a long time?
when we wash cloths our finger cells are dipped in hyper tonic solution they loose water by osmosis and shrink
Why does the skin of the fingers shrink when you wash clothes for a long time?
when we wash clothes our finger cells are dipped in hypertonic solution, so they loose water by osmosis and shrink.
