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What chages in cell volume will occur if a cell is placed in a hypotonic sloution?
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∙ 15y ago
A change in cell volume that will occur when a cell is placed in a hypotonic solution is that a cell will expand. Water will move from the solution into the cell. If enough water enters the cell the cell will expand and eventually burst.
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 9y agoIt depends if the cell in question is an animal cell or a plant cell. They behave differently as an animal cell does not have a cell wall.
If a plant cell is placed in a hypertonic solution, water moves out of the cell by osmosis. Therefore, the cytoplasm shrinks and the cell membrane pulls away from the cell wall. This is known as plasmolysis.
If a plant cell is placed in a hypotonic solution, water moves into the cell by osmosis. The vacuole expands and pushes the cell contents against the cell wall. The cell wall pushes back with an equal and opposite force. When the cell can take in no more water, it is said to be turgid.
Take a red blood cell as an example of an animal cell. If a red blood cell is surrounded by a hypertonic solution, water moves out of the cell by osmosis. The cell 'shrivels up', a process called crenation.
If a red blood cell is surrounded by a hypotonic solution, water moves into the cell by osmosis. There is no cell wall to resist the expansion, so the cell cannot withstand the pressure. The cell bursts, a process known as haemolysis.
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∙ 15y agothe cell volume will increase as the dilute solution outside the cell will diffuse inwards until an equilibrium is met
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What is hypotonic condition?
Hypovolemia (also hypovolaemia, oligemia or hypotonic shock) is a state of decreased blood volume due to things such as hemorrhaging or dehydration.Hypovolemia is characterized by salt loss and thus differs from dehydration, which is defined as excessive loss of body water.Common causes of hypovolemia are:Loss of bloodLoss of plasmaExcessive sweating, diarrhea or vomitingVasodilation (widening of blood vessels) using drugs typically used to treat people with high blood pressure.
How does cell size affect cell survival?
Diffusion of such such as oxygen would become more difficult in big cells, where the surface area/volume ratio is too big. Cells or part of cells can get very big, but the ratio would have to be compensated for, usually by lessening the volume per surface area, as is the case of a long neuron's axon.
Why does the volume of air in the spirometer drop slowly over the first minute?
The person breathes in oxygen and breaths out carbondioxide back into the spirometre. Because the carbondioxide can become a saftey hazard, soda lime is placed in the spirometre to remove the carbondioxide, however the volume of carbondioxide is equal to the volume of oxygen, as the oxygen is not being replace, so removing the carbondioxide removes the oxygen as well, making the spirometre drop.
Explain why cells have a size limit?
If a cell doubles in diameter, its surface will increase by a factor 4, but its volume by a factor of 8. So, basically, the surface gets smaller and smaller, as compared to its volume. This imposes some limitations. Another way to put it is that some parts of a big supercell will be too far from the surface - so they don't get enough oxygen, for example.
What does a test tube measure?
that depends on the kind of test tube that you have. if a test tube is calibrated then it measures the volume of a liquid that is placed inside it. if the test tube is non calibrated then its meant for storage and mixing so it does not measure anything..
Solution that causes no change in the intracellular volume?
hypotonic
What change in cell volume will occur when a cell is placed in a hypotonic colution?
water will move from the solution into the cell, causing the cell to swell. (higher concentration of water outside the cell, lower conc. inside, so water moves in)
How does the plant cell wall react when it is placed under hypotonic medium?
It absorbs too much water through osmosis. The cell wall pressure acts to compensate the osmotic pressure, not allowing excessive increase of the cellular volume and the cell lysis.
Effect of hypotonic?
A hypotonic solution (meaning the salt concentration is lower outside the cell than it is on the inside) will effectively burst your cells due to the water rushing in to diffuse in the salt in your cells.
An unknown substance has a volume of 25 ml it is placed into a different container and the volume changes to 50ml what can you conclude about the state of matter of this substance?
its a begging volume and a ending volume you will subbract it.
What does the volume of displaced water equal?
It equals the mass of the object placed in it.
What is the relationship of volume of water to its mass?
volume in litres is equal to its weight in kgs 1000ltrs is equal to 1000kgs
What is hypotonic condition?
Hypovolemia (also hypovolaemia, oligemia or hypotonic shock) is a state of decreased blood volume due to things such as hemorrhaging or dehydration.Hypovolemia is characterized by salt loss and thus differs from dehydration, which is defined as excessive loss of body water.Common causes of hypovolemia are:Loss of bloodLoss of plasmaExcessive sweating, diarrhea or vomitingVasodilation (widening of blood vessels) using drugs typically used to treat people with high blood pressure.
Which of the 3 states would be most affected by volume of its container?
The gas state. A gas takes up the volume of the container in which it is placed.
How is bouyant force of water related to the volume of the body placed inside it?
The buoyant force is equal to the weight of that much volume of water.
Which property of the rock can be directly determined when the rock is placed in overflow container?
Volume
The state of matter that keeps its shape and volume when it is placed in a different container?
solid
