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A hypertonic solution has the solute greater than the solvent, whereas a hypotonic solution is the reverse.

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Is vinegar a hyper tonic solution or a hypo tonic solution?

vinegar is a hypotonic solution if you would like an example take an egg and put it in to a glass of vinegar and the egg will swell.


In a hypo tonic solution will a cell gain or lose water or no net change?

The cell will not loose or gain water.An isotonic solution means that the amount of solutes outside the cell is similar or equal to the amount of solutes inside the cell. Water is moving by osmosis both in and out of the cell at equal rates; the net movement of water is zero.A cell will lose water in a hypertonic solution (more solute in the surrounding environment) and gain water in a hypotonic solution (more solute in the cellular environment). Whether or not a solution is hypertonic, hypotonic, or isotonic is relative to the environment in the cell.


WHAT happen if plant cell is placed n hyper tonic solution?

If a plant cell is placed in a hypertonic solution, water will move out of the cell due to the higher concentration of solutes in the surrounding solution. This loss of water can cause the cell to shrink and undergo plasmolysis, which may ultimately lead to cell death.


What are the results if you put a plant cell and an animal cell in a hyper tonic solution?

The plant cell will shrink, but its cell wall will prevent it from completely collapsing. In contrast, the animal cell will shrink and may undergo crenation due to the hypertonic solution causing water to leave the cell.


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.

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What is hyper tonic and what is hypo tonic?

i think the question that you are asking is what is the difference between hyper and hypo tonic. A fluid that has a greater concentration of solutes in comparison to another solution is a hypertonic solution. A hypotonic solution is a fluid that has a lower concentraton of solutes in comparison to another solution.


Does a hyper tonic solution contain salt?

Hypertonic solutions contain sodium chloride?


With a toxicity equivalent to 0.9 NaCl and is placed in a solution containing 0.2 is this hypertonic?

A toxicity equivalent in 0.2 solution is hyper-tonic.


What is a example sentence for hypertonic solution?

When the concentration of solutes is more, it becomes a hyper-tonic solution. Salt can act like a solute in this case.


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


Cells placed in a hypertonic solution will shrink or swell?

it will shrink the cell when place on hyper tonic solution, otherwise it will swell in contrary


What is the effect of the salt solution on the red blood cells in hyper tonic?

Red blood cells in a hypertonic solution will shrink. This occurs as water moves out of the red blood cell.


People with excess energy are descibed as hyper How does this relate to the meaning hypertonic?

Hypertonic is defined as having a greater degree of tone or tension, having a higher osmotic pressure in a fluid related to another fluid by biology online dictionary. It is related to the word hyper due to both having excess of something.


Is vinegar a hyper tonic solution or a hypo tonic solution?

vinegar is a hypotonic solution if you would like an example take an egg and put it in to a glass of vinegar and the egg will swell.


How do we make hyper tonic hypo tonic and isotopic solutions using blood and seline?

To make hypertonic solution, add more solute (such as salt) to blood or saline to increase osmotic pressure. To make hypotonic solution, dilute blood or saline by adding more water. To make isotonic solution, keep the concentration of solutes in blood or saline equal to that of the solution to which it is being compared.


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 would happen if you mixed a hypertonic solution and a hypotonic solution?

If place in a hypertonic solution it would swell and/or burst because to much water is getting in the cell from the hypertonic solution ( osmosis ). If placed in a hypotonic solution it will end up shrinking from the water leaving the cell to the hypotonic solution ( again osmosis ). Osmosis is when water moves to a lower pressure of water so if there's more water pressure in the cell it will move out into the less dense solution. :)