When an elodea leaf is mounted on a 10 percent salt solution, the cells of the leaf will lose water through osmosis. This will cause the cells to shrink and the leaf to become flaccid. The high salt concentration outside the cells will create a hypertonic environment, leading to water moving out of the cells to try to balance the concentration of solutes.
not at all, in fact it is a freshwater plant
Yes, elodea cells have chloroplasts. Chloroplasts are the organelles responsible for photosynthesis in plant cells, including those of the elodea plant. The green color of elodea leaves is due to the presence of chlorophyll in the chloroplasts.
The pH of the water will increase when elodea is exposed to light. This is because during photosynthesis, elodea will take in carbon dioxide, which will result in a decrease in carbonic acid concentration, leading to an increase in pH.
Adding fresh water to elodea in salt water would cause the elodea cells to absorb more water by osmosis. This would lead to an increase in turgor pressure within the cells, causing them to become firm and potentially burst due to the difference in salt concentration between the cell and the surrounding salt water.
When an elodea leaf is mounted on a 10 percent salt solution, the cells of the leaf will lose water through osmosis. This will cause the cells to shrink and the leaf to become flaccid. The high salt concentration outside the cells will create a hypertonic environment, leading to water moving out of the cells to try to balance the concentration of solutes.
Elodea canadensis, most definitely grows in water.
When you deal with problems like this, you need to consider diffusion and osmosis. In this case, you would refer to diffusion, which is the movement of water across a membrane from high concentrations to low concentrations (to try to balance the concentrations). First consider what happens to the cells when you place the elodea leaf in the salt solution; the water in the cells tries to balance the high concentration of salt (sodium chloride) in the surrounding solution, so the water leaves the leaf, thus the cells shrink. Now when you put the elodea leaf into regular water again, there is a higher concentration of water in the surrounding environment compared to inside the leaf's cells, so in attempt to balance concentrations, water goes INTO the cells, thus the cells in the elodea leaf swell (expand).
Yes
Elodea can live in water which is were most of them live in, and they can live in the ocean
Elodea is an aquatic plant commonly known as waterweed. It belongs to the genus Elodea within the family Hydrocharitaceae. Elodea is often used in biology classrooms for studying plant cells and photosynthesis.
not at all, in fact it is a freshwater plant
Elodea can float on water due to its buoyant nature. The leaves and stems are filled with air spaces that help them stay afloat. This characteristic allows the plant to access sunlight more easily for photosynthesis.
Yes, Elodea is an aquatic plant. It is free floating in ponds and lakes of fresh water.
Yes, elodea and cattail are both water plants commonly found in aquatic environments. Elodea is a submerged plant while cattail is a marsh plant that can grow in shallow water. Both plants play important roles in the ecosystem by providing habitat and food for various organisms.
The hypothesis of an osmosis lab with an Elodea leaf could be that the Elodea leaf will lose water and shrink when placed in a hypertonic solution due to water moving out of the leaf cells by osmosis, causing the cells to become flaccid. Conversely, if the Elodea leaf is placed in a hypotonic solution, it may gain water, swell, and become turgid as water moves into the leaf cells via osmosis.
Elodea is a submerged aquatic plant that obtains oxygen and carbon dioxide directly from the surrounding water rather than from the air. Therefore, cutin, stomata, and guard cells, which are typically found in terrestrial plants for gas exchange, are not necessary for Elodea's survival in its watery environment.