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What will happen to a unicellular organism when it is placed in a concentration of salt solution?
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∙ 10y ago
It will shrivel up and get smaller. The water in the cell will attempt to escape from the cell to "even out" the higher concentration salt outside it. This results in the cell decreasing size. This illustrates why it is so dangerous to drink salt water, even if you're very thirsty.
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∙ 14y agoWhen a large amount of salt is introduced to the environment of a prokaryotic organism, environment becomes hypertonic to the prokaryote. Subsequently, the water in the prokaryote is drawn outwards through its cellular membrane, in order to create an isotonic solution. In other words, the unicellular organism will shrivel like a raisin and die.
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∙ 14y agoIt will be dehydrated to death due to osmotic pressure
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∙ 13y agothe cell would bind to one of the salt structures before it desolved but once it started dissolving the cell would be killed
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What do isotonic hypotonic and hypertonic deal with?
A hypertonic solution is one containing more solute, a hypotonic solution contains more water, and an isotonic solution contains equal amounts of solute and water. Whether a solution is hypertonic, hypotonic, or isotonic can determine what happens to the cell. In a hypertonic solution, solute will diffuse into the cell down the concentration gradient. In a hypotonic solution, water will move into the cell by osmosis down a water potential gradient, and in an isotonic solution nothing will happen because the concentration and water potential are the same both inside and outside the cell.
What will happen if a blood cell is placed in a hypertonic salt solution?
A hypertonic solution is a solution that has a high concentration of solute, in this case the solute being salt. When a red blood cell is placed in a hypertonic solution, since the salt concentration is higher in the outside of the cell, the water concentration is lower there as well. Therefore, through the process of osmosis, the water diffuses from the inside of the cell to the outside of the cell.
What happen to onion cell epidermis if placed in hypertonic solution?
Isotonic solution is a solution which contains the same concentration as present in cell. So no osmosis will occur. Hence there will be a neutral effect.
What would happen if you placed an artificial cell with 5M glucose in a beaker with pure water?
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
What would happen if you mixed a hypertonic solution and a hypotonic solution?
If place in a hypertonic solution it would swell and/or burst because to much water is getting in the cell from the hypertonic solution ( osmosis ). If placed in a hypotonic solution it will end up shrinking from the water leaving the cell to the hypotonic solution ( again osmosis ). Osmosis is when water moves to a lower pressure of water so if there's more water pressure in the cell it will move out into the less dense solution. :)
What would most likely happen to a unicellular organism if it was exposed to a hypotonic solution for an extended period of time?
The organism would swell and then burst.
Predict what will happen to the hydrogen ion concentration of an acidic solution if you add water to it?
Adding water dilutes the solution and therefore reduces the concentration of hydrogen ions.
How does osmosis happen?
Diffusion of fluid through a semipermeable membrane from a solution with a low solute concentration to a solution with a higher solute concentration until there is an equal concentration of fluid on both sides of the membrane
What would happen if Increasing the salt concentration in a solution?
specific weight raise up
What happen when an acid dissolves?
It increases the concentration of OH- in solution. (apex)
What would happen if you had no resiratory system?
Are you serious?!?! You would die! How else would you obtain oxygen needed for respiration? (unless you're a unicellular organism!)
What would happen to a single-celled organism if it were treat it with a high salt or high water solution?
Nothing
What will happen if a large quantity of NaCl is added to the aqueous solution?
The solubility of sodium chloride is 360,9 g/L at 20 0C; after this concentration the solution is supersaturated.
What do isotonic hypotonic and hypertonic deal with?
A hypertonic solution is one containing more solute, a hypotonic solution contains more water, and an isotonic solution contains equal amounts of solute and water. Whether a solution is hypertonic, hypotonic, or isotonic can determine what happens to the cell. In a hypertonic solution, solute will diffuse into the cell down the concentration gradient. In a hypotonic solution, water will move into the cell by osmosis down a water potential gradient, and in an isotonic solution nothing will happen because the concentration and water potential are the same both inside and outside the cell.
What If a system of linear equations has no solution?
It can happen. Then there is no solution!It can happen. Then there is no solution!It can happen. Then there is no solution!It can happen. Then there is no solution!
What will eventually happen to a supersaturated solution?
The solute will eventually fall out of a supersaturated solution
What will happen if a blood cell is placed in a hypertonic salt solution?
A hypertonic solution is a solution that has a high concentration of solute, in this case the solute being salt. When a red blood cell is placed in a hypertonic solution, since the salt concentration is higher in the outside of the cell, the water concentration is lower there as well. Therefore, through the process of osmosis, the water diffuses from the inside of the cell to the outside of the cell.
