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Not just plant cells, all cells with semi-permeable membranes loose water when placed in a more highly concentrated solution.

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What happens if the sugar solution is more concentrated than the sap vacuole?

If the sugar solution is more concentrated than the sap vacuole, water will move out of the vacuole into the surrounding solution via osmosis. This can cause the plant cell to shrink and become plasmolyzed.


When can tell that plant cells are undergoing osmosis without using a scale?

You can tell that plant cells are undergoing osmosis if they swell or shrink. When plant cells are placed in a hypertonic solution, they lose water and shrink. Conversely, when they are placed in a hypotonic solution, they gain water and swell. These changes in cell size indicate that osmosis is occurring.


What happens to a cell if you place it in a distilled and concentrated salt solution?

If you place a cell in a distilled water solution, water will move into the cell by osmosis causing it to swell and possibly burst. In a concentrated salt solution, water will move out of the cell causing it to shrink and potentially die due to dehydration.


Is the tendency of water to move from an area of higher water concentration to one of lower water concentration.?

osmosis. The water moves down an osmotic gradient from a dilute solution of ions to a move concentrated solution through a partially permiable membrane.


Is water and sugar a concentrated solution?

No, a concentrated solution has a high amount of solute dissolved in a solvent. In the case of water and sugar, the concentration of sugar would need to be higher in order for the solution to be considered concentrated.

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What word is used to define when water moves from a dilute solution to a concentrated solution?

Osmosis


Where is water moving from in osmosis?

Water moves from an area of higher water concentration (dilute solution) to an area of lower water concentration (concentrated solution) in osmosis. This movement occurs across a semi-permeable membrane.


What is the diffusion of water from a more dilute solution to a more concentrated solution through a membrane?

It is called osmosis.


Why will be change in the potato cube in concentrated sugar solution and distilled water respectively after an hour?

In the concentrated sugar solution, water will move out of the potato cube, causing it to shrink due to osmosis. In distilled water, water will move into the potato cube, causing it to swell due to osmosis.


What is a process of osmosis?

Osmosis is the diffusion of water or another solvent from a more dilute solution (of a solute) to a more concentrated solution (of the solute) through a membrane that is permeable to the solvent.


What happens if the sugar solution is more concentrated than the sap vacuole?

If the sugar solution is more concentrated than the sap vacuole, water will move out of the vacuole into the surrounding solution via osmosis. This can cause the plant cell to shrink and become plasmolyzed.


What does vinegar have to go with osmosis?

Vinegar, which is an acidic solution, can be used to demonstrate osmosis through experiments such as observing the movement of water into a more concentrated solution placed in vinegar. Vinegar can affect the rate of osmosis by changing the concentration of solutes in a solution, thus impacting the movement of water molecules.


What is the tendency of a solvent to move through a thin porous membrane from a dilute solution to a more concentrated solution?

If the solvent is water, it would be osmosis.


Why does a plant in a strong salty solution die?

Because the plant loses water through osmosis. osmosis is the movement of fluids from an area of high water concentration (there are lots of water molecules) to an area of low water concentration (there are fewer water molecules). this means that because there is more water in the plant than in the solution the plant will lose its water into the solution via osmosis. the plant now has much less water than it needs to survive so will die in the same manner as a plant which has not been watered.


What is the term for the diffusion of water across a semipermeable?

The term for the diffusion of water across a semipermeable membrane is osmosis. Osmosis is when the molecules of a solvent move from a less concentrated solution to a more concentrated one. This equalizes the concentrations on each side of the member.


Do animal cell and plant cell get bigger in distilled water?

If animal cells are placed in distilled water they will absorb water by the process called osmosis. This will make the cell swell and, if it doen not stop, eventually burst. Plant cells placed in distilled water will also absorb water by osmosis but the cell wall prevents them from swelling. Water enters the cells by osmosis because the concentration of the solution inside the cells is higher than that of the 'solution' outside. Water always moves by osmosis from a dilute solution to a concentrated solution (when they are separated by a membrane which lets water through but not dissolved substances). For a good introduction to osmosis see: http://www.chaosscience.org.uk/pub/public_html//article.php?story=20050301222247333


What is the term of diffusion of water across a semipermeable membrane?

The term for the diffusion of water across a semipermeable membrane is osmosis. Osmosis is when the molecules of a solvent move from a less concentrated solution to a more concentrated one. This equalizes the concentrations on each side of the member.