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Which type of solution would cause a cheek cell to shrink?

A hypertonic solution would cause a cheek cell to shrink. In a hypertonic solution, the concentration of solutes outside the cell is higher than inside, leading to water leaving the cell by osmosis, causing it to shrink.


What happens to a plant cell if it is place in a hypotonic solution?

Osmosis works for any type of cell. Because of a lower concentration of solute inside the cell then out, the water would rush to where the solute is in an attempt to make it even. It would retain its shape because of its cell wall making it rigid which is absent in animal cells which is prone to swelling and making it burst.


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.


What type of tonicity will draw water from red blood cells or Elodea cells?

A hypotonic solution will draw water from red blood cells or Elodea cells. In a hypotonic solution, the concentration of solutes outside the cell is lower than inside the cell, leading to water entering the cell by osmosis to equalize the concentration. This causes the cells to swell and potentially burst.


What happens if a cell is placed in a salt and water solution?

When we will put animal cell in a solution of sugar or salt in water there will be osmosis as the concentration of water is lower around the cell and the concentration is higher in cell so the cell will become shrink and a plant cell will become plasmolized.

Related Questions

What type of solution is a cell in if water moves into the cell?

It is in a Hypotonic Solution.


Is salt solution a pure substance?

No, a salt solution is not a pure substance. It is a mixture of salt (solute) dissolved in water (solvent). A pure substance contains only one type of element or compound with a fixed chemical composition.


What type of solution around the cell would cause the osmotic flow of water illustrated in diagram 2?

solution with the same water concentration


What type of solution causes water to shift from the cells into the plasma?

A hypertonic solution causes water to shift from cells into the plasma. In this situation, the solution outside the cell has a higher concentration of solutes compared to inside the cell, leading to osmosis where water moves out of the cell to equalize the concentration gradient.


What type of solution around the cell would cause the osmotic flow of water illustrated in diagram 1?

A hypertonic solution surrounding the cell would cause the osmotic flow of water out of the cell, leading to cell shrinkage or crenation. This occurs because the concentration of solutes outside the cell is higher than inside, creating a concentration gradient that drives water out of the cell to balance the concentration.


What is one in which the concentration of dissolved materials in the water outside the cell is lower than the concentration inside the cell?

Hypotonic solution. In this type of solution, water moves into the cell, causing it to swell or potentially burst due to the osmotic pressure.


What type of solution will lyse protoplast?

A hypertonic solution high in salts or sugars will typically lyse protoplasts by causing water to leave the cell through osmosis, leading to cell burst.


What type of solution surrounds a cell when the cell gets bigger?

a hypotonic solution


Is water an isotonic solution or hypo tonic solution?

Distilled water is hypotonic to undistilled water. Undistilled water is hypertonic to distilled water. Undistilled water contains chemicals, if you live in the city, and minerals and nutrients. These would be considered impurities to the pure H2O, or solutes dissolved in the water. Because the undistilled water has substances in it that the distilled water does not, it is hyper-(above)-tonic. The deionized water is hypo-(below)-tonic to the dirty water.


What is a isotonic solution?

An isotonic solution is a solution with the same concentration of solutes as another solution, resulting in no net movement of water across a cell membrane. This type of solution helps maintain cell shape and function by preventing osmotic pressure from building up.


Is pure gold a solution?

No, pure gold is not a solution. A solution is a homogeneous mixture where one substance is dissolved in another, whereas pure gold is a metal composed of just one type of atom arranged in a regular pattern.


Which type of solution would cause a cheek cell to shrink?

A hypertonic solution would cause a cheek cell to shrink. In a hypertonic solution, the concentration of solutes outside the cell is higher than inside, leading to water leaving the cell by osmosis, causing it to shrink.