Biology: Concepts and Investigations
Biology: Concepts and Investigations
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ISBN: 9780078024207
Author: Mariëlle Hoefnagels Dr.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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What would happen to plant cell in a hypertonic environment.

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Hyper means ‘more or over” so in hypertonic solution concentration of solute is higher outside the cell as compared to inside. In hypertonic condition, the cell loses its solute and shrink.

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A cell is moved from its normal environment in a freshwater river and is suddenly placed into the ocean. What would be the effect of this change in environment on the cell? O 1) It would shrivel because it would lose water. O 2) It would shrivel because it is responding to a hypotonic environment. O 3) It would swell because it is experiencing a hypertonic environment. O 4) It would swell because it would gain water. O 5) Nothing would happen to the cell.
Describe how a cell would react to a hypertonic orhypotonic solution.
What is an isotonic solution? Explain what you would observe if a cell was exposed to a hypotonic solution for an extended period of time.

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