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What is the example of a hypotonic solution?

Distilled water.


Is distilled water hypotonic to potato or hypertonic?

Distilled water is hypotonic to potato.


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.


How does distilled water effect osmosis?

Distilled water has a lower concentration of solutes compared to a solution, causing it to be hypotonic. When placed across a semipermeable membrane from a solution with a higher solute concentration, water will move through osmosis from the distilled water side to the solution side. This will result in an increase in the volume of the solution as water moves into it.


is water hypotonic?

yes it is hypotonic to normal water. for more info, see is distilled water hypotonic or hypertonic.


A red blood cell will undergo hemolysis in?

A red blood cell will undergo hemolysis in a hypotonic environment where the surrounding solution has a lower solute concentration than inside the cell. This causes water to move into the cell by osmosis, leading to swelling and eventual bursting of the cell membrane.


What type osmotic solution is distilled water?

Distilled water is a hypotonic solution, meaning it has a lower solute concentration than the solution it is compared to. This can cause water to move into cells via osmosis, potentially leading to swelling or bursting.


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

Water moves from a hypotonic solution to a hypertonic solution.


When a cell is in pure water it is in this type of solution?

hypotonic


What happens to animal cells when in distilled water?

When placed in an hypotonic solution (distilled water) an animal cell will engore itself with the water to the point of brakage. This is because the cell itself is an isotonic (aka: has balances mineral content) and the "mineraless" water will become attracted to the stable solution inside the cell. A diagram can be found somewhere, I suggest looking up cells and hypotonic soutions in Biology.


What happens when water moves out of a cell if the cell is placed in a what solution?

Hypotonic Solution


Why cant distilled water be used as an IV solution?

Water is hypotonic compared to the serum/blood. Putting a hypotonic solution in there will cause dilution and may draw solutes out from the cells to compensate. This can kill a person. Even a small amount of water must be rendered isotonic prior to IV use.