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Distilled water would have a higher water potential than a red blood cell because the formula for obtaining water potential is -iCRT, where i=ionization constant, C=molar concentration, R=pressure constant--usually 0.0831 liter bars/mole K, and T=temperature in Kelvins. Since distilled has a molar concentration of 0, the water potential would be 0. And a red blood cell would have a negative water potential because it does have some sort of molar concentration. Thus, distilled water would have a higher water potential because 0 is greater than a negative number. As a note, water always flows from areas of higher water potential to areas of lower water potential. Therefore, it is easy to imagine that water flows toward more concentrated solutions, meaning it would flow to the red blood cell. If distilled water flows to the red blood cell, then it must have a higher water potential than the red blood cell.
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Why is saline drip better than water for blood?
Water will just diffuse inside the blood cells because there is a higher concentration of blood outside the cell now. This will cause hemolysis. Basically, the blood cells will burst open. However, saline will not diffuse through the blood cells.
Which solution is hypertonic to red blood cells?
Red blood cells do contain some salts and other ions inside the cell. This means that if it is placed in water (assuming that it is deionized and has no solvent in it) the cell will be hypotonic because the concentration inside the cell will be higher than it is outside the cell.
Will water make red blood cells shrink?
The reaction of a red blood cell to water depends on the concentration of substances like sugar in that water. If the water is pure, the red blood cell will expand until it bursts. However, if the water contains 10% sucrose the water in the red blood cell will actually diffuse into the surrounding water, causing it to shrink.
What is water potential gradient?
similar to potential energy, water flows down a gradient from higher potential to lower potential. Higher potential is generally in the soil/roots and lower potential is at the leaves/atmosphere. The water has potential to flow down the gradient
Why is the water potential of distilled water higher than the water potential of the cytoplasm of the cell?
distilled contain no solute. so, its water potential is constantly 0. plant cell carry out photosynthesis continuously to produce sugar. thus, cytoplasm of plant cell always contain solute that lower the water potential of cytoplasm.
What has a higher percentage blood or water in the body?
Water As blood is made from water and blood cells.
What happens to red blood cells when they are placed in the solution that has higher water potential?
they absorb water through the permeable membrane and on ovr absorbing...they burst up
Would osmosis have a higher concentration of water molecules distilled water or red blood cells?
Distilled water would have a higher concentration of water molecules compared to red blood cells. Red blood cells have solutes dissolved in them, so they have a lower concentration of water molecules relative to distilled water. This concentration gradient would result in osmosis moving water into the red blood cells to equalize the concentrations.
Why is saline drip better than water for blood?
Water will just diffuse inside the blood cells because there is a higher concentration of blood outside the cell now. This will cause hemolysis. Basically, the blood cells will burst open. However, saline will not diffuse through the blood cells.
What does the red blood cell looks like in distilled water?
Normally red blood cells look like flat disk, witch is compressed in the center. So that they have more surface area when they get exposed to oxygenated air from alveoli and secondly they can get folded, when they squeeze through capillaries, witch are smaller than the size of red blood cells. When we put them in the distilled water, they will get swollen, like a boll, as water will enter the cells due to higher oncotic (osmotic, you can say) pressure inside the cells.
What is the process called when diluting red blood cells in distilled water?
I think its osmosis because the water potential in the distilled water is higher than in the red blood cell. Henceforth, water would move into the cell by osmosis. But, I don't think the cell will be diluted because it will swell and eventually haemolysis will occur.
What would you expect would happen to a plant if you watered it with very salty water?
Water potential of the water inside the cells is higher that the water potential of the water outside the cells. (That would means the concentration of "pure" water inside the cells are higher than that outside the cells) Water moves from an higher water potential to an lower water potential. Thus Plasmolysis of the cells will take place. Which means the Nucleus,Vacuole and all the other cellular material will move from the inside of the cell to the outside.
When human red blood cells are placed in pure water the cells immediately burst. Which process explains what happens to the red blood cells?
When human red blood cells are placed in pure water, they undergo a process called osmosis. In this scenario, the concentration of solutes inside the red blood cells is higher than in the surrounding pure water, causing water to move into the cells to equalize the concentration gradient. This influx of water leads to the cells swelling and ultimately bursting, a phenomenon known as lysis.
Using the term of water potential explain how water is absorbed into root hair from the soil?
Water potential is the measure of the potential energy in water, influencing the movement of water across plant tissues. In roots, the water potential in the soil is typically higher than that inside the root hair cells, which creates a gradient. As a result, water moves from the soil into the root hairs through osmosis, where it travels from an area of higher water potential (soil) to an area of lower water potential (root cells). This process helps the plant absorb essential nutrients dissolved in the water as well.
Which solution is hypertonic to red blood cells?
Red blood cells do contain some salts and other ions inside the cell. This means that if it is placed in water (assuming that it is deionized and has no solvent in it) the cell will be hypotonic because the concentration inside the cell will be higher than it is outside the cell.
What will happen to red blood cells when they are placed in a beaker containing a water solution in which the salt concentration is higher than the salt concentration in the red blood cells?
It's one of these answers: a. The red blood cells will absorb water and increase in size. b. The red blood cells will lose water and decrease in size. c. The red blood cells will first absorb water, then lose water and maintain their normal size. d. The red blood cells will first lose water, then absorb water, and finally double in size. A is wrong, just let you know. Still trying to figure out the answer myself.
What will happen to red blood cells when they are placed in a beaker containing a water solution in which the salt concentration is much higher than the salt concentration in the red blood cells?
It's one of these answers: a. The red blood cells will absorb water and increase in size. b. The red blood cells will lose water and decrease in size. c. The red blood cells will first absorb water, then lose water and maintain their normal size. d. The red blood cells will first lose water, then absorb water, and finally double in size. A is wrong, just let you know. Still trying to figure out the answer myself.
