What happends to a cell when placed in a hypertonic solution?

Answer 1

When a cell is put in a hypertonic solution, it shrinks and shrivels. You alwasy have t say: This solution is hypertonic to ...A hypertonic solution means that there is more matter in the solution than in the object it is compared to. The cell will shrink and shrivel because the water will leave the cell to try to dissolve the matter outside of it.

Answer 2

A hypertonic solution is a solution that is more concentrated than the cytoplasm within a cell. A cell placed within a hypertonic solution will experience a concentration gradient concerning water abundance inside and outside the cell. Since external conditions have less water molecules than the internal conditions (in this case), osmosis will take place resulting to the cell losing water, and the cytoplasm becoming more concentrated, as water moves out of the cell into the hypertonic solution. This means that, theoretically, the size of the cell will decrease and will continue to do so until the concentration of the cytoplasm is equal to the concentration of the solution outside the cell.

Answer 3

When a cell is placed in a hypertonic solution, water will move out of the cell causing it to shrink or shrivel up. This is due to the higher concentration of solutes outside the cell compared to inside. The cell loses water in an attempt to balance out the concentrations between the cell and its environment.

Answer 4

water will move from a high H2O concentration inside the cell, to a low H2O concentration outside the cell.

Answer 5

The cell will shrink because it will lose water to the solution.

Answer 6

When a cell is placed in a hypertonic solution, water molecules would diffuse out of the cell. This will result in the cell shrinking

Answer 7

It loses water and shrivels up.