THE CELL
TRANSPORT INTO AND OUT OF THE CELL
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Question
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Water would move out of the cell causing it to shrink
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Salt would move out of the cell causing it to shrink/
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Water would move into the cell causing it to swell
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The cell would remain the same size.
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Detailed explanation-1: -In hypotonic solutions, there is a net movement of water from the solution into the body. A cell placed into a hypotonic solution will swell and expand until it eventually burst through a process known as cytolysis.
Detailed explanation-2: -When a cell is placed in a hypotonic environment, water will enter the cell, and the cell will swell.
Detailed explanation-3: -A hypotonic solution has decreased solute concentration, and a net movement of water inside the cell, causing swelling or breakage.
Detailed explanation-4: -When a cell is kept in a hypotonic medium, the cells take up water from external medium and swell up. In plant cells, the cell membrane creates a pressure against the cell wall, which exerts an equal pressure against the swollen cell but do not burst.
Detailed explanation-5: -If a cell is placed in a hypertonic solution, there will be a net flow of water out of the cell, and the cell will lose volume. A solution will be hypertonic to a cell if its solute concentration is higher than that inside the cell, and the solutes cannot cross the membrane.