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Q: How do microorganisms adapt to hypotonic and hypertonic environments?
A: Introduction: A hypotonic solution is one which has less solute concentration compared to that…
Q: How do solvents or temperature affect membrane permeability?
A: Biological membranes cover the cells and maintain their interior.
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A: Solutions: A solution is a homogenous mixture that contains a similar kind of substance (solute)…
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A: Diffusion - It is the process of movement of molecule from higher concentration region to lower…
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Q: happens when a red blood cell is placed in a hypertonic solution and then placed into distilled…
A: Osmosis is the movement of solvent molecules from the region of high solvent concentration to the…
Q: What is the purpose of osmosis lab?
A: Osmosis is defined as..
Q: Discuss the changes in cell volume produced by hypertonic, isotonic, and hypotonic solutions?
A: A solution will be hypertonic to a cell if its solute concentration is higher than that inside the…
Q: What is Pinocytosis?
A: Cells are the smallest living units of organisms. All cells have three things in common. All cells…
Q: What would happen to your check cells if they were extracted in anything other than isotonic…
A: As the name suggests the isotonic solution have a solute concentration same as that of the cell.…
Q: What is the process of diffusion?
A: Diffusion Diffusion usually occurs in liquids and gases because their particle moves randomly from…
Q: What happens to cells in isotonic solutions?
A: Tonicity is a term used to compare two types of solutions. The solution with higher solute and low…
Q: which are the general features of diffusion of solutes in the water?
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Q: How does bacterial growth occur?
A: Bacteria are prokaryotic unicellular organisms. They have a relatively simple cell structure…
Q: What would happen to chemiosmosis if the pH in the inner membrane space was decreased (lower)?
A: Chemiosmosis is the movement of ions across a semipermeable membrane, down their electrochemical…
Q: What is the relationship of a solvent concentration to the penetration coefficient of cell membrane?
A: A solvent is anything that dissolves solute molecules in it. Water is also known as the universal…
Q: What features of membranes make them selectively permeable?
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Q: Why does a cell hyptonic burst?
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Q: What is the purpose of osmosis and diffusion lab ?
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A: Hypersonic solutions are those which have high concentration of salt in it.
Q: what does gram positive cells look like?
A: Introduction Gram Staining is very common and popular method for classification of Bacteria.…
Q: What is the difference between a hyperosmotic solution and a hypertonic solution?
A: Introduction : Osmosis refers to the process by which solvent molecules or water diffuse from higher…
Q: What are microbial cells?
A: Microorganisms are living organisms that are too small to be seen with the unaided eye, however,…
Q: Which cell represents a hypotonic solution?
A: Answer: OSMOSIS : It is the movement of water from the higher concentration to the lower…
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…
Q: What is condition of cell placed in hypotonic solution?
A: Osmosis is a process in which water or solvent molecules move from lower concentration of solution…
Q: How do aquaporins affect the permeability of a membrane?
A: Water moves through cells in an organized way, most rapidly in tissues that have aquaporin water…
Q: What is the function of Kupffer cells?
A: Introduction Our immune system plays a crucial role in defense against harmful foreign particles be…
Q: What happens to a cell placed in a hypertonic solution? Describe thefree water concentration inside…
A: Osmosis is the net movement of water across a semipermeable membrane from an area of lower solute…
Q: Justify the parenteral use of hypotonic and hypertonic solutions? explain at your own words
A: In the human body, 60% of the weight is contributed by water, with 40% intracellular and 20%…
Q: What happens to cells in hypertonic solutions
A: Tonicity is the measurement of effective osmotic pressure gradient. Tonicity can also be described…
Q: A potato slice has been placed in a hypertonic solution? Explain how you know
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Q: How are osmosis and dialysis similar? How do they differ?
A: Transport refers to the act or the means by which a molecule or ion is moved across the cell…
Q: What factors limited the diffusion of particles through the membrane?
A: The physical and passive process by which movement of solvent or water molecule between two solution…
Q: What is fluid endocytosis?
A: Endocytosis is a cellular process where substances engulf from the external environment into the…
Q: What types of acid include in the gram-positive cell wall?
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