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Salt is "hygroscopic" or "water attracting". The cell "wall" is a membrane, and water can seep through a membrane, and will travel one way or the other until the proportion of salt in the water is equalized on each side of the membrane.
A living cell has a fairly low salinity, while a salt solution may have a fairly high salinity. So water will flow from the cell, leaving salt IN the cell, while diluting (in some miniscule fashion) the salt solution outside.
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If an animal cell shrinks it was probably placed in a . hypotonic solution hypertonic solution isotonic solution?
"hypertonic"
What happens to a cell in a hypertonic solution?
water moves out. when water diffuses out of the cell, the cell shrinks, that is Hypertonic solution.
If an animal cell shrinks it was probably placed in a?
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A cell placed in a soltuion shrinks by the process of osmosis What kind of solution is outside the cell?
Osmosis is the process in which solvent move from low to high concentration region.As per the question asked,since the cell is shrinked,the medium around the cell is hypertonic solution i.e.,solution of high concentration.
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.
If an animal cell shrinks it was probably placed in a . hypotonic solution hypertonic solution isotonic solution?
"hypertonic"
What do you call it when a plant cell is placed in a hypertonic solution?
yes...when placed in a hypertonic solution, it goes shrinks (plasmolysis).
Shape and size of red blood cell when put in slty solution?
A red blood cell when placed in salty solution shrinks and becomes wrinkled.
What is an example of Crenation?
Crenation is an example of osmosis. In this process, the cell distorts and shrinks after being placed in a hypotonic solution.
Is H2O hemolysis or crenation?
Crenation is the contraction of a cell after exposure to a hypertonic solution, due to the loss of water through osmosis.Hemolysis is the breakdown of red blood cells.
When plant is place in hypotonic solution?
the plant cell shrinks and this is because concentration is high in the solution and less in plant cell
What is a solution that neither shrinks nor swells a cell?
A cell placed in an isotonic solution will not shrink or swell. Isotonic means that the concentration of solutes in the solution is equal to the concentration of solutes within the cell. Since both concentrations are the same, no water flows in or out of the cell due to osmotic pressure.
What happens to a cell in a hypertonic solution?
water moves out. when water diffuses out of the cell, the cell shrinks, that is Hypertonic solution.
If a cell is dropped into a solution and the cell shrinks what should be assumed about the solution?
The solution is likely hypertonic and water is leaving the cell.
If an animal cell shrinks it was probably placed in a?
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What is it called when it causes a cell to shrink because of osmosis?
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.
What solution is a cell placed in when both the cell and the solution in which it is placed?
htpotonic
