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osmosis, which is diffusion of water across a membrane from an area with lower solute concentration to an area of higher solute concentration to equalize the concentration on both sides of the membrane.

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What would happen to a blood cell placed in a hyper tonic salt solution?

A red blood cell placed in a hypertonic salt solution will lose water and shrink due to the higher concentration of salt outside the cell. This process is known as crenation, and it can ultimately lead to the cell's death if the condition is not corrected.


What will happen if a blood cell is placed in a hypertonic salt solution?

Well, honey, if you throw a blood cell into a hypertonic salt solution, that cell is gonna shrivel up like a raisin in the sun. The salt solution outside the cell has more solutes than inside, so water will leave the cell to try to balance things out, leaving the poor cell looking like a deflated balloon. So, in short, that blood cell is gonna have a bad day.


Why will a cell membrane shrink when placed in salt water?

Salt water is a hypertonic solution; therefore, the vacuole in the cell will shrink. The water in the cell's vacuole exits the plasma membrane to balance the solutions, and since the salt can not enter through the cells differentialy permeable membrane the cell is only loosing substance so it shrinks. When the elodea cells are in fresh water there is no reaction. Elodea is a fresh water plant


Which diagram best represents the appearance of the cell after it has been placed in a 15 salt solution for two minutes?

Diagram A, as the cell will have likely shrunk due to water leaving the cell to dilute the higher concentration of salt outside of the cell, causing it to lose water and shrink.


A cell placed in the salt solution shrinks because?

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 a cell is placed in a salt water water leave cell by?

Osmosis


What will happen to a freshwater bacterial cell that is placed in salt water Will water enter or leave the cell?

If a freshwater bacterial cell is placed in salt water, water will leave the cell due to the higher concentration of solutes in the surrounding salt water. This process is known as plasmolysis, and it can lead to the bacterial cell shriveling up and potentially dying due to dehydration.


If a cell is placed in salt water water leaves the cell by .?

If a cell is placed in salt water, water leaves the cell by osmosis.


Is a cell is placed in a salt water water leaves cell by?

If a cell is placed in salt water, water leaves the cell by osmosis.


What will happen to a red blood cell if placed in a bowl of concentrated salt solution?

Water will leave the cell and the cell will shrink and shrivel.


What happens when fresh water cell is placed in salt water?

it dies


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


What would happen if a cell was placed in a strong salt solution?

The overwhelming extracellular Na+ would make water leave the cell, causing it to shrivel.Water comes out of the cell to develop equilibrium.


What will happen to freshwater bacterial cell that is placed in salt water?

Water leaves the cell, causing the cell to shrink.


What could be observed if a cell is placed in salt solution?

hi!!! if a cell is placed inside a salt solution then cell boundary going for raptured due to the water molecules comes out from cell to maintain the cons. equilibria.


What would happen if freshwater bacterial cells are placed in salt water?

water leaves the cell causeing the cell to shrink.


What is the net loss of water due to osmosis when a cell is placed in a salt or suger solution?

When a cell is placed in a salt or sugar solution, water will move out of the cell via osmosis to try to equalize the concentration of solutes inside and outside the cell. This will result in the cell losing water, leading to dehydration and possibly cell death if too much water is lost.