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Most cells have a phospholipid by-layer (the cell membrane). One side is hydrophilic and the other is hydrophobic. These layers bind together to create a semi-permeable layer that separates the inside from the outside of the cell. Water doesn't degrade this phospholipid by-layer because lipids are not water soluble.
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What do substances disslove in before entering a cell?
Substances such as enzymes can dissolve in lipids before entering a cell. They can also dissolve in the cell's membrane.
How does osmosis occur in an egg cell?
Osmosis occurs in an egg cell if you place it in liquids. If you put it in vinegar, the egg's shell will start to dissolve. Then, you can test osmosis in water or salt water. Because the egg is considered a cell, it will swell the egg cell with plain water (meaning it will increase the egg's mass). With salt water, the egg cell will shrink in mass.
Why is water important to cells?
Water molecules are essential in the cytoplasm (the cell yolk - a viscous material present within the cell). They help maintain the shape of the cell. Water molecules are also involved in many of the biochemical reactions that occur within cells
MgCl2 will dissolve in water to form?
MgCl2 will dissolve in water to form?
How do water molecules and small ions enter a cell?
Some water molecules and small ions ( depending on charge, other ions need passive or active transport ) can diffuse across the cell's membrane and there are channels called porins that facilitate water molecule passage into the cell.
What part of the cell contains water and dissolved water?
what part of an animal cell contains water and dissolve and dissolve minerals?
What Solvent substance dissolves in saltwater?
A solvent cannot dissolve. You can dissolve a solute in a solvent, e.g. you can dissolve sugar in water - sugar is the solute, and water is the solvent. You cannot dissolve water though.
Why CuO isnot dissolve in water?
because CuO IS METAL AND METAL CANNOT DISSOLVE IN WATER
Is corn starch soluble in acetone?
no, corn starch cannot dissolve in water. The grains (particles) that are in the cornstarch are "suspended" in the water and cannot totally dissolve in the water.
What kind of substance cannot dissolve in water?
A non-polar substance especially the one that does not react with water... Have you seen a powder not dissolving in water? its possible. take some amount of sulphur and put it in water. it will be floating in water. wont dissolve.
What do molecules do in water?
Hydrophobic molecules do not dissolve in water. This is because water is hydrophilic. Another way to say this is that lipids, which are nonpolar, cannot dissolve in water, which in polar.
Is a plant in a water a solution?
Plant does not dissolve in water so it cannot be a solution
Is water and soil a solution?
no, because soil cannot completely dissolve into water.
Why is an advantage for plants to store products of photosynthesis as starch and not sugar?
Starch does not dissolve in the fluid in the cell, so does not affect water potential. Sugar does dissolve, so would reduce water potential of the cell and cause water to move in to the cell by osmosis.
What do you call that substances cannot be dissolve in the water?
insoluble substance
Can a nonpolar covalent bond dissolve in water?
No, because water is polar and polar dissolves in polar then non polar covalent bond cannot dissolve in water.
Is soil and water together a solution?
no, because soil cannot completely dissolve into water.
