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When dealing with cells and their surrounding environment, if the outside of the cell is hypertonic (more salty), water will move out of the cell. This is an effort for the concentration of the salt to even out. The cell will shrink as a result.

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What is the solution that contains more water than what is located in the cells?

A hypertonic Solution. a solution that has a greater concentration of water than the cell content is hypotonic, meaning there is less concentration of water inside the cell, which results in an increase or an expansion of the cell.


What hypertonic means to illustrate equilibrium?

Hypertonic is when you have a high concentration of solute relative to the solvent. For example, salt water is a hypertonic solution with vast amounts of sodium, chlorine, potassium, and iodine dissolved in water.


When a solution is hypertonic?

Let us put hypotonic into the mix. Hyper is more, hypo is less so that puts -tonic right in the middle, as a reference point. That reference point is also called equilibrium. When a solution contains more solute that it would normally contain at equilibrium it is hypertonic, and when a solution has dissolved in it less than the amount of solute that it would normally contain at equilibrium it is hypotonic.


What is an example of a hypotonic solution?

A hypotonic solution has less than normal tension: hypo = less, and tonic = tonicity, the concentration of solute. Examples of hypotonic solutions: (1) Sports drinks that contain salts / electrolytes (2) physiologically: a. 0.45% NaCl (half-normal saline solution); since normal saline is 0.9% NaCl, any solution less than 9% is hypotonic b. dextrose 2.5% in water c. dextrose 2% in water


Why will the blood cell shrivel and possibly die inside a hypertonic salt solution?

There was more salt/solute outside of the cell, and the solute "sucks" away the water from the cell;making it shrink and possibly collapse in itself.

Related Questions

To which type of solution does water move: hypertonic or hypotonic?

Water moves from a hypotonic solution to a hypertonic solution.


What direction does water move when cells are placed in hypertonic solution?

Water moves out of the cell in hypertonic solution.


How do you demonstrate osmosis in a non-living tissue?

You can demonstrate osmosis in a non-living tissue by placing it in a hypertonic, hypotonic, and isotonic solution and observing the movement of water. In a hypertonic solution, water will move out of the tissue, causing it to shrink. In a hypotonic solution, water will move into the tissue, causing it to swell. In an isotonic solution, there will be no net movement of water.


What kind of solution causes the cell to shrink?

salt water. this will cause the cell to lose it's water osmotically resulting in it becoming plasmolysedA hypertonic solution


What type of solution is hypertonic?

Hypertonic solutions cause cells to lose water.


Does a hypertonic solution have more water compared to other types of solutions?

No, a hypertonic solution has less water compared to other types of solutions.


When you immerse a living human cell in a hypotonic solution and water will tend to what?

When you immerse a living human cell in a hypotonic solution, water will tend to move into the cell through osmosis. This influx of water can cause the cell to swell and potentially burst if the cell cannot regulate the influx by expelling excess water.


What does a hypertonic solution have?

A hypertonic solution has a higher solute concentration than the cell the solution is in. (So the cell will shrink when it is in a hypertonic solution, because water will leave the cell in an attempt to balance the ratios of solute to water both inside and outside of the cell.)


What is the solution that contains more water than what is located in the cells?

A hypertonic Solution. a solution that has a greater concentration of water than the cell content is hypotonic, meaning there is less concentration of water inside the cell, which results in an increase or an expansion of the cell.


Which solution has more solute-hypo or hypertonic?

A hypertonic solution has more solute compared to a hypotonic solution. In a hypertonic solution, the concentration of solutes is higher, causing water to move out of the cells. In a hypotonic solution, the concentration of solutes is lower, which leads to water moving into the cells.


Water moves out of a cell if it is placed in this kind of solution?

hypertonic solution!


Is a hypertonic solution is one with low solute concentration?

No, a hypertonic solution is one with a higher solute concentration compared to another solution. When a cell is placed in a hypertonic solution, water will leave the cell, causing it to shrink or crenate.