A plant cell has a 5% percent salt concer containing a 12% percent salt concentration. What will happen to cell?

Q: If a percent difference is a negative number, what does this tell us about the change in weight of…

A: The fundamental feature of matter is "mass". It is self-contained and independent of all other…

Q: tonic (hyperosmotic) solution:   None of the other four answers describes what happens in a…

A: The movement of water in or out is based on the process called osmosis. Osmosis is the process in…

Q: A cell is placed in solution and the size of the cell increases the concentration of solution is…

A: Osmosis is the movement of solvent molecules along the concentration gradient through semipermeable…

Q: If salt moves out of the cell, what process is moving the salt?

A: The movement of salt and sugar usually takes place from the areas of higher concentrations to lower…

Q: Which of the following is the limiting factor for cell size? a density b volume c…

A: Cell is basic structural and functional unit of an organism.In our body we come across different…

Q: When doing a lab the tube has 0.5% starch and 25% sucrose/iodine in the beaker. Wouldn’t this be a…

A: 0.5% starch means 0.5 grams of starch dissolved in 100 mL of solvent (such as water). 25%…

Q: What happens when a cell is placed in a hypotonic solution (one with a lower solute concentration…

A: Step 1 Osmosis – It is the phenomenon of diffusion of water or solvent from the area of its higher…

Q: Your friend notes that Gatorade has electrolytes like sodium and potassium chloride.  He figures…

A: Osmolarity is used to reflect the quantity of solute (particles) in 1 liter of solution.

Q: Describe how a cell would react to a hypertonic orhypotonic solution.

A: The cells has the ability to swell, shrink or remain in the same size depends on the environment in…

Q: Draw one elodea cell (freshwater plant) after being in saltwater. Label its choloroplast, cell wall,…

A: When Elodea cell is placed in a hypertonic solution, the plant cell loses water and hence turgor…

Q: How do cells maintain the fluidity of their membranes? If a bacterium was growing at 20°C, how would…

A: The biological membranes of cell are selectively permeable. Fatty acids form an integral part of the…

Q: What is Osmosis in potato?

A: Osmosis is a process in which water molecules from the low concentration of solute to the areas…

Q: )Suppose you were culturing a population of bacteria at 37 degrees C and then reduce the temperature…

A: The maintenance of the fluidity of the plasma membrane is important for cell survival. The membrane…

Q: What would happen to a potato cell if it were placed in the following solutions? Explain your answer…

A: Cells always tend to maintain a state of equilibrium in the conditions prevailing inside and outside…

Q: Compare two types of membrane transport proteins by completing the blanks below. a) ATP Needed or…

A: Carrier proteins are proteins that carry substances from one side of a biological membrane to the…

Q: Explain the fluid mosaic model of the cell membranes. Which component of cell membrane is…

A: All the cell organelles are demarcated by the cell membrane, also termed the plasma membrane. It…

Q: A plant cell is placed in a sugar solution (area of water concentration). The water moves from an…

A: Osmosis is a process by which the solvent molecules passes from a solution of lower concentration to…

Q: What is an isotonic solution? Explain what you would observe if a cell was exposed to a hypotonic…

A: Osmosis refers to the movement of solvent from a less concentrated solution to a more concentrated…

Q: With regard to the tube with no sucrose, how would you classify the situation in terms of a solvent…

A: The process of solvent movement from a higher concentration to a lower concentration across the…

Q: Give reason why a plant cell is kept in hypertonic solution it becomes flaccid.

A: Osmosis is the process in which water molecules across a semi-permeable membrane moves from an area…

Q: In the Osmosis Gizmo, the cell is placed in a very small chamber. Suppose a cell is placed in a…

A: Osmosis is the movement of a solvent across a semipermeable membrane toward a higher concentration…

Q: Why do we use sucrose solution when we observe plant cells? What explanation

A: When a plant cell is placed in a sucrose solution i.e in hypertonic solution water will move from…

Q: Placed into a solution with 20% total solutes (_% water) *solution is to the cell *What happens to…

A: Given - a cell with 20% total solutes It will contain 80% water which is the solvent.

Q: This cell membrane is permeable to water and I2KI but not to carbohydrates. What will happen over…

A: The physical and passive process by which movement of solvent or  water molecules between two…

Q: You have a potted plant and decided to nurture it with urea, a nitrogen-based fertilizer. You…

A: This type of solution contains low solute concentration outside of the cell compared to inside of…

Q: In osmosis, water moves from a _____ concentration to a _____ lower concentration. Select one:…

A: Osmosis is a vital biological process with multiple functions:For example, it influences nutrient…

Q: Explain how this relationship between the solution in the Elodea cells (from #1) caused what you…

A: As we can clearly see in the above images, Elodea cells in saline solution appear crenated while…

Q: A plant cell placed into a hypotonic environment will: Lyse Will “puff up” and swell but not lyse…

A: OSMOSIS It is the movement of water from a region of less concentration to a region of high…

Q: The membrane in the diagram above is not permeable to the sugar in the solution, however it is…

A: The permeable nature of the membrane is necessary for the regulation of entry and exit of various…

Q: If a bacterial cell is placed in a hypertonic (hyperosmotic) solution: There is no net movement of…

A: Osmosis is a process by which the water molecules move from a higher water concentration region to a…

Q: Answer these questions: What is the name for the cytoplasm solution inside the potato cells where…

A: If two solutions with different concentration are separated by a semipermeable membrane then solvent…

Q: 7. SOLUTE EGG WATER MEMBRANE Figure 1. Consider figure 1. Predict how water will move across the…

A: Given: Egg with the membrane. Placed in water Solute in the egg

Q: Which cell represents a hypotonic solution?

A: Answer: OSMOSIS : It is the movement of water from the higher concentration to the lower…

Q: 10% NaCl solution presents a more environment than a 5% NaCl solution. isotonic O hypotonic…

A: The solution is considered to be hypertonic if a cell with a NaCl concentration of 0.9 percent is…

Q: Name a substance that is unique to acid fast cell walls.

A: Acid fast bacteria are those which are highly resistant to acid alcohol decolorising .

Q: Suppose you have a cell from a freshwater fish that is isotonic with its surrounding environment,…

A: Osmosis is the passive process where only solvent molecules (water molecules) moves from the region…

Q: In which solution did potato cell intracellular fuild reach equilibruim with the solution?

A: * During potato experiment we can see the potato may shrink and may swell and may be in no change it…

Q: How does paramecium avoid bursting because of osmosis?

A: Osmosis is defined as a special type of diffusion in which the water molecules diffuse from the…