3. Paramecia are unicellular organisms that have contractile vacuoles to remove(pump) excess intracellular water. In an experimental investigation, theseparamecia were placed in salt solutions of increasing concentration. The rate atwhich the contractile vacuole contracted to pump out excess water wasdetermined and plotted against osmolarity of the solutions (increased osmolarity= higher salt concentration), as shown in the graph. What is the best explanationfor the data?Osmolarity of Solution (mM)Your answerRate of Contraction(contractions per minute)

Osmoregulation is the process by which all the cells can establish their water and salt balance such…

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In an investigation of osmosis, apple cores were submerged in different molarity solutions to determine the unknown osmolarity of the apple. To determine the molarity five uniform apple cores were massed before submerging them in different molarity solutions. After 24 hours the apple cores were massed again. Then the percent change in mass was determined for the five uniform apple cores in each molarity solution. (c) Describe the environmental conditions taking place in each of the six solutions with the apples refer to picture for table
In an investigation of osmosis, apple cores were submerged in different molarity solutions to determine the unknown osmolarity of the apple. To determine the molarity five uniform apple cores were massed before submerging them in different molarity solutions. After 24 hours the apple cores were massed again. Then the percent change in mass was determined for the five uniform apple cores in each molarity solution. c) Describe the environmental conditions taking place in each of the six solutions with the apples
In an investigation of osmosis, apple cores were submerged in different molarity solutions to determine the unknown osmolarity of the apple. To determine the molarity five uniform apple cores were massed before submerging them in different molarity solutions. After 24 hours the apple cores were massed again. Then the percent change in mass was determined for the five uniform apple cores in each molarity solution. Molarity of Solution Average % Change of Mass of Apple Cores 0.0 M 21.5 0.2 M 8.0 0.4 M -7.4 0.6 M -19.2 0.8 M -22.7 1.0 M -36.3 (b) Identify the osmolarity of the apple. (c) Describe the environmental conditions taking place in each of the six solutions with the apples.
In an investigation of osmosis, apple cores were submerged in different molarity solutions to determine the unknown osmolarity of the apple. To determine the molarity five uniform apple cores were massed before submerging them in different molarity solutions. After 24 hours the apple cores were massed again. Then the percent change in mass was determined for the five uniform apple cores in each molarity solution. (b) Identify the osmolarity of the apple.
Some animals are osmoconformers, meaning that they maintain the tonicity/osmolarity of their body fluids equal to that of the external environment. Hydroids, a type of cnidarian, are osmoconformers. But they don't move and thus are adapted to the environment they live in. A) What would happen if you take a marine hydroid and transfer it into a freshwater aquarium? B) What would happen if you take a freshwater hydroid and transfer it into a saltwater aquarium? C) Sharks are extraordinary osmoconformers. Bull sharks store urea in their tissues and use it to match the tonicity of their tissues to that of the surrounding environment. Some sharks can move from saltwater to freshwater, hypothesize what changes will sharks do in order to adjust when moving from saltwater to freshwater and vice versa. Explain your answer in terms of tonicity and specify the direction of water movement and urea concentration.
Create a diagram that demonstrates the difference between tonicity and osmolarity. Be sure to label the new solutions in each condition, draw the changes (if predicted) in cell shape/volume, and use arrows to show the movement of water relative to the cell. Please start with a red blood cell in an isosmotic solution and show what happens to cell shape and water movement when NaCl is added to the solution, or when water is added.
Define osmosis, and describe how osmotic pressure iscreated. As the concentration of a solution increases, whathappens to its osmotic pressure and to the tendency forwater to move into the solution?
A phospholipid bilayer separates two chambers. The chambers both contain the same volume of water. The left chamber contains 150 mM of an unknown solute A. Solute B is dissolved in the right chamber also at a concentration of 150 mM. Therefore, the initial osmolarity is the same (isotonic) between the two chambers. However, after a short time, the volume increases substantially in the right chamber. What is the most likely ranking of permeability for the molecules to cause this change? (greater permeability means that the molecule moves first across the membrane)
When a bacterial cell is placed in a hypotonic, environment, the cell wall restrains the pressure resulting from the greater osmolarity of the cytoplasm. (Use one word in the blank space. Spelling must be correct to earn the point. The word "osmotic" is NOT an answer that that will earn credit for this question; there is another word that is required.)
23. Osmotic pressure is the force provided by water molecules as they diffuse through the membrane osmotic pressure is indicated by the height of the water columns observed in this experiment higher columns indicate greater pressure What relationship exists between the difference in the concentration of water on each side of the membrane and the osmotic pressure.
If a culture of Paramecium caudatum had NaCl added to modify extracellular solute concentration, how would the cell react to different solute concentrations what effect does it have osmoregulation? What observation would we expect to see under the microscope?

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