The ability of a hypertonic solution to "pull" in water from a hypotonic solution across a semipermeable membrane is called ________ pressure.

Q: 1) whether the statement is correct or incorrect and 2) the reasoning for your answer. Your answer…

A: Transport proteins are the proteins present in the membrane which allows the passage of only…

Q: If a cell has more concentration of solutes inside than outside, it is in a(n) __________…

A: Osmosis is the movement of solvent from higher concentration to a lower concentration through a…

Q: Indicate which of the following provides an example of diffusion by answering yes or no. A sugar…

A: Diffusion is a process in which the movement of substance is from the area of the high concentration…

Q: Solutions with a lower concentration of solutes than the concentration inside the cell are…

A: Osmosis is defined as the transfer movement of solvent molecules from a region of lower solvent…

Q: Types of substance transports through the membrane: secondary active transport (mechanism and…

A: Introduction :- Secondary active transport is a type of transport across biological membranes that…

Q: The distinction between primary and secondary active transport

A: A difference in concentration between two fluids is called the Concentration Gradient (CG).…

Q: All _____________ Proteins and _________ Are Asymmetrically Oriented in the Bilayer

A: A cell membrane or biological membrane is a selectively permeable membrane that is responsible for…

Q: Simple diffusion is ____________     movement of water down concentration gradient using a protein…

A: Introduction Diffusion is very important process in all living organisms. The rate of diffusion…

Q: Active transport is a type of transport in which molecules are moved across a plasma membrane using…

A: Active transport is defined as the movement of molecules through a cell membrane from an area of…

Q: Which substances cannot pass directly through the phospholipid bilayer of the plasma membrane.

A: Cells have an outer covering that is commonly known as the plasma membrane or cell membrane. This…

Q: Which portion of the phosphotidylinositol molecules contributes to the fluidity of a membrane

A: The lipid bilayer is a barrier to molecules and ions moving into and out of the cell. The selective…

Q: true or false  if a cell has a greater number of protein carriers, the rate of facilitated…

A: Facilitated diffusion, is the process of transport of molecules or ions via specific transmembrane…

Q: Which of the following involves movement from an area of high concentration to an area of lower…

A: Queation - Which of the following involves movement from an area of high concentration to an area of…

Q: Consider this red blood cell (red circle) in the solution. The blue dots cannot pass through the…

A: The ability of a solution that enables the transport of water in or out of the cell by the process…

Q: a solution in which the concentration of solutes is essentially equal to that of the cell which…

A: Cells are the basic structural and functional unit of all known organisms that are essential for the…

Q: The fatty acid tails in the plasma membrane are ______________ which means they are _______________.

A: Phospholipids are main components of the plasma membrane which is the outermost layer of animal…

Q: Each functional stucture in the body contributes its share to the maintenance of more or less stable…

A: All living beings have various situations such as chemical conditions, ionic concentration, water…

Q: Water intoxication is caused by

A: Water intoxication results from drinking too much water that  exceeds the kidney's ability to…

Q: Contrast the energetic difference between the diffusion of an electrolyte versus a nonelectrolyte…

A: The process of transfer of material from high concentration region to lower concentration under the…

Q: The resting membrane potential of a cell is polarized, meaning that it has a _____ charge on the…

A: The action potential generates when depolarization of the membrane occurs by a stimulus. The change…

Q: Other non-lipid-soluble molecules or ions, for which membranechannels are not present in the cell,…

A: The cell, which is the basic unit of all living organisms (both in terms of structure and function)…

Q: true or false selectively permeable membrane allwo only certian materials to pass throught them

A: CELL MEMBRANE- It is also known as Plasma membrane or Cytoplasmic membrane. It is situated beneath…

Q: A cell placed in a hypotonic solution will swell (enlarge).

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Q: Select the best answer or answers from the choices given:  The term used to describe the type of…

A: The ability of an extracellular solution to make the movement of the water into or out of a cell by…

Q: An aqueous solution has an osmolarity of 318 mOsm.  If a cell with an intracellular osmolarity of…

A: The osmolarity of a solution is the concentration of solutes within a solution. It is given as the…

Q: The force exerted on a membrane by water is called .

A: Osmosis is the process in which water flows from an area with a low solute concentration, to an area…

Q: Water molecules _______ (can / cannot) cross the cell membrane.

A: The cell membrane forms a barrier for the free movement of the molecules/substances across the…

Q: ntercalated cells are characterized by high concentrations of _________________in their cytoplasm.…

A: The collecting ducts are made up of of two cell types: principal and intercalated cells. Principal…

Q: Phospholipids are synthesized within the cytosolic half of the smooth ER membrane bilayer. true…

A: The endoplasmic reticulum is a membrane-bound cell organelle found within a cell. There are two…

Q: _____transport (general term)uses the energy of Browain motion associated with gradients to move…

A: Brownian motion is the random movement of particles suspended in a fluid (medium).

Q: True or False: Passive-mediated transport proteins lower the delta G of transport to create the…

A: Introduction :- The question is all about transport of molecules by diffusion I. e. Active and…

Q: The movement of water through a semipermeable membrane from a region of lower solute concentration…

A: A semi-permeable membrane is a membrane which allows partial transfer of molecules through it i.e.,…

Q: Active transport is ____________     movement of water down concentration gradient using a protein…

A: The movement of molecules across the plasma membrane of the cell depends on their concentration…

Q: In exocytosis, blank migrate to the membrane, blank with it and release blank.

A: Exocytosis is the transport of membrane-bound vesicles carrying cellular molecules to the cell…

Q: A cell is placed in a solution and it swells and bursts.  Explain what happened

A: Cells are the basic unit of life. Cells that perform similar functions form the same tissue. The…

Q: When a bacterial cell is placed in a hypotonic environment, the cell wall restrains pressure…

A: A hypotonic environment is one that has less concentration of solutes than the cell. It causes an…

Q: How many calories of energy/osmole would need to be expended in order to concentrate a solute…

A: Solute = 75 fold  Generating a gradient 75 times as much solute on the one side of membrane than the…

Q: n diffusion, substances move from areas of (greater) (lesser) to (greater) lesser concentrations.

A: In diffusion, the substances moves from areas of greater concentration to areas of lesser…

Q: Statement 1: The direction of diffusion of a solute across a membrane is determined by its…

A: Diffusion - It is the passive movement of solutes from a region of high concentration to a region of…

Q: a solution is hypotonic relative to a cell, how will water move?

A: colligative properties are those properties which depends upon the number of solute present in…

Q: Why is it important that some molecules diffuse freely across the membrane

A: The plasma membrane:It is selectively permeable for small polar molecules and hydrophobic molecules…

Q: If a person were to hypothetically drink a very large volume of plain tap water, his/her cells would…

A: Proper amount of water intake is very necessary as it helps in transporting nutrients and oxygen to…