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Cells would shrink if they were placed in a salty environment. Salt has a lower phi, or water pressure, than the interior of the cell, and the water in the cell would naturally flow out of it through osmosis. The cell would become hyper-osmotic in respect to the environment around it.
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Does isotonic soultion cause a cell to shrink?
No. An isotonic solution would not cause a cell to shrink, because the concentration of water in the solution and inside the cell is the same. A hypertonic solution would cause a cell to shrink.
What would happen to a plant cell if it was placed into a beaker containing a hypertonic solution?
The plant cell would lose water through osmosis and shrink in size due to the higher concentration of solutes in the hypertonic solution compared to the cell. This process is called plasmolysis, and it can lead to wilting of the plant cell.
What might happen if the amount of water entering and leaving the cell were not controlled will the cell swell or shrink?
The cell membrane and all its organelles would burst.
What conditions make a cell shrink?
Cells can shrink due to dehydration, loss of nutrients, or exposure to hypertonic solutions (higher solute concentration outside the cell). This causes water to move out of the cell, leading to a decrease in cell volume.
What does a hypertonic solution look like on a microscopic slide of red blood cells?
The cell would have fluid sucked through the plasma membrane and therefore the cell would shrink.
Does isotonic soultion cause a cell to shrink?
No. An isotonic solution would not cause a cell to shrink, because the concentration of water in the solution and inside the cell is the same. A hypertonic solution would cause a cell to shrink.
What makes cytoplasm in a plant cell shrink?
If you place the cell in a hypertonic solution (a solution with a higher concentration of salt than the cell) the cell membrane would shrink.
Which type of solution would cause a cheek cell to shrink?
A hypertonic solution would cause a cheek cell to shrink. In a hypertonic solution, the concentration of solutes outside the cell is higher than inside, leading to water leaving the cell by osmosis, causing it to shrink.
What would happen to your cells if the fluid outside our cells became hypertonic?
If the fluid outside the cells becomes hypertonic, water will flow out of the cells through the process of osmosis. This will cause the cells to shrink and dehydrate, potentially leading to cell damage or even cell death in severe cases.
What would happen to a plant cell if it was placed into a beaker containing a hypertonic solution?
The plant cell would lose water through osmosis and shrink in size due to the higher concentration of solutes in the hypertonic solution compared to the cell. This process is called plasmolysis, and it can lead to wilting of the plant cell.
What would happen if freshwater bacterial cells are placed in salt water?
water leaves the cell causeing the cell to shrink.
What might happen if the amount of water entering and leaving the cell were not controlled will the cell swell or shrink?
The cell membrane and all its organelles would burst.
What do you mean by crenated blood cells?
shrinking of blood
What conditions make a cell shrink?
Cells can shrink due to dehydration, loss of nutrients, or exposure to hypertonic solutions (higher solute concentration outside the cell). This causes water to move out of the cell, leading to a decrease in cell volume.
What causes a cell of shrink because of osmosis?
What causes a cell to shrink because of osmosis?
What does a hypertonic solution look like on a microscopic slide of red blood cells?
The cell would have fluid sucked through the plasma membrane and therefore the cell would shrink.
What happen to blood cell in 10 percent NaCL?
In a 10% NaCl solution, which is a strong hypertonic solution, red blood cells would shrink and shrivel up due to the high concentration of salt outside the cell causing water to move out of the cell through osmosis, leading to cell dehydration and eventual cell death.
