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What Red blood cells that are bathed in blood neither shrink nor swell and burst If the concentration of blood is 0.5 M what could be the concentration of cytoplasm of RBCs?
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The concentration of cytoplasm of RBCs could be 0.5 M.
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What is a solution that neither shrinks nor swells a cell?
A cell placed in an isotonic solution will not shrink or swell. Isotonic means that the concentration of solutes in the solution is equal to the concentration of solutes within the cell. Since both concentrations are the same, no water flows in or out of the cell due to osmotic pressure.
What would happen if you put an animal cell into a solution with a greater water concentration than the cell?
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Why does a raw egg swell or shrink when placed in different solutions?
A raw egg without its shell but with its inner membrane intact will either swell or shrink when placed in a solution because of the concentration gradient. The membrane is semi-permeable. An egg will shrink if it is placed in a solution that has a higher solute concentration than inside it. It will swell if it is placed in a solution that has a lower solute concentration than inside the egg.
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 happens to a cell if it gets placed in salt water?
Osmosis! The concentration of substances disolved in the cytoplasm is lower than the concentration of salt in salt water. The cytoplasm and the salt water are separated by the cell membrane, which is semi-permeable ie it lets water through but not dissolved substances (the membrane is also described as partially permeable or selectively permeable). So, water will pass by osmosis from the cytoplasm (the dilute solution) to the salt water (the concentrated solution), and the cell will shrink as it loses water. See: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/biology/cellprocesses/2diffusionandosmosisrev3.shtml
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.
Cytoplasm in a plant cell will shrink if the cell is?
a) place in a concentrated salt solution.
Do breast shrink if you stop using breast enhancment creams?
Breasts neither grow or shrink.
What is the difference between the hypotonic and hypertonic?
A hypertonic solution has more solutes than a cell, where the cell shrinks and possibly dies but a hypotonic solution, meanwhile, has less solutes than a cell where the cell expands and possibly bursts.
What is a solution that neither shrinks nor swells a cell?
A cell placed in an isotonic solution will not shrink or swell. Isotonic means that the concentration of solutes in the solution is equal to the concentration of solutes within the cell. Since both concentrations are the same, no water flows in or out of the cell due to osmotic pressure.
What will cause the cell to shrink when placed in hypertonic solution?
The cytoplasm looses water to the cell exterior.
What would happen if you put an animal cell into a solution with a greater water concentration than the cell?
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Why does a raw egg swell or shrink when placed in different solutions?
A raw egg without its shell but with its inner membrane intact will either swell or shrink when placed in a solution because of the concentration gradient. The membrane is semi-permeable. An egg will shrink if it is placed in a solution that has a higher solute concentration than inside it. It will swell if it is placed in a solution that has a lower solute concentration than inside the egg.
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.
Does surface tension force the surface of a liquid to shrink or expand?
neither. it forces it to eat.
Why do cells shrink and swell?
Cells burst due to the osmotic effect. This is where the concentration of water outside the cell is greater relative to the concentration of water inside the cell. The water will flow through the cell wall and into the cytoplasm. This makes the cell turgid. If the concentration gradient is very steep, enough water will enter the cell so as to make it burst. The opposite happens if there is a greater concentration of water inside the cell - water will exit the cell and cause it to shrivel.
What is the shrinking of plant cells when water leaves the cell membrane?
It is called plasmolysis. The cytoplasm and vacuole shrink but cell wall remains the same.
