the cell is unable to maintain a stable internal environment.
When the sodium ions are in higher concentration out side the cell, the cell shrinks. It does not expand and bursts. It can burst when the sodium ion concentration becomes very low, out side the cell.
Osmosis is the movement of water molecules from a region of high concentration to a region of low concentration through a selectively permeable membrane. If there is a high solute concentration outside the cell, water will leave body cells by osmosis - leading to plasmolysis (cell shrinking). If there is a high water concentration it will enter the cell by osmosis and the cell will burst.
Particles always move from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration. Therefore, if the concentration of dissolved substances is greater outside the cell, they will travel into the cell until there is an equal concentration of the substance on both sides of the cell wall.
When a cell is placed in higher concentration of water then endosmosis of water in the cell takes place because in the cell water concentration is low and osmotic(solute) pressure is high so water moves from its higher concentration towards its lower concentration which means it moves inside the cell and the cell becomes turgid.
A solution which has a high concentration of a solute (example - glucose) will have a low water concentration. But when you look at pure water it has a high water concentration. So if a cell contains a high concentration of glucose and was placed in a pure water solution, water would simply move down its concentration gradient (going from high to low) which eventually causes the cell to swell. I hope this helped :D
When the sodium ions are in higher concentration out side the cell, the cell shrinks. It does not expand and bursts. It can burst when the sodium ion concentration becomes very low, out side the cell.
Osmosis is the movement of water molecules from a region of high concentration to a region of low concentration through a selectively permeable membrane. If there is a high solute concentration outside the cell, water will leave body cells by osmosis - leading to plasmolysis (cell shrinking). If there is a high water concentration it will enter the cell by osmosis and the cell will burst.
water moves from a high concentration to a low concentration in a cell
a cell transports things across the cell membrane from areas of high concentration to ares of low concentration
water will move from a high H2O concentration inside the cell, to a low H2O concentration outside the cell.
Osmosis (when nutrients go from a high concentration of nutrients to a low concentration) and phagocytosis (when the cell actually eats it)
The concentration on the solute goes from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration
The water inside the cell goes with the low concentration to reach equilibrium.
Water.
There are two basic ways that individual molecules can enter (or leave) a cell.1. Diffusion. This is the movement of particles from a region of high concentration to a region of low concentration. So if the concentration of the molecule is higher outside the cell it can enter by diffusion. However diffusion can only take place down a concentration gradient ie from a high to a low concentration.2. Active transport. This is the movement of particles against their concentration gradient (ie from a low to a high concentration), using energy provided by the cell (ie ATP produced by respiration). So if a molecule is at a higher concentration inside the cell it can only be absorbed by active transport.
osmosis?
active transport