why does water  move inward in a hypotonic solution?

Q: Describe why t

A: Through the semipermeable barrier, water can be observed moving from an area of higher concentration…

Q: Define the term Tonicity of Solutions?

A: Any solution has 2 components – solute and solvent. Solute is substance which gets dissolved and…

Q: Why do electrolytes require a decreased concentration of solutes in order to reach the isosmotic…

A: The term isosmotic means having the same osmotic pressure. The electrolytes require a decreased…

Q: What is meant by isotonic, hypotonic, and hypertonic in terms of a solution surrounding a cell…

A: A hypotonic solution is any solution that has a lower osmotic pressure than another solution. If the…

Q: what is an electro gradient

A: The plasma membrane is the outer covering of the cell that separates the internal cellular…

Q: e tubes containing sucrose, how would you classify the situation in terms of solvent movement ? (…

A: Tubes containing sucrose When the tubes present in higher concentration of the solute (high sucrose)…

Q: When 2.43 g of a nonelectrolyte solute is dissolved in water to make 435 mL of solution at 25 °C,…

A: The compounds which will not ionize in any solution are called nonelectrolytes. The electricity will…

Q: Define pH scale, acid, base, and buffer. How do buffers reduce changes in pH when hydrogen ions or…

A: pH (potential of hydrogen) is the estimate of the hydrogen (H+) ion concentration in a solution. It…

Q: what happens to cells when the concentrations of nonpenetrating solutes across the cell membrane are…

A: Solutes can be penetrating or non-penetrating based on their ability to cross the membrane present…

Q: Why do electrolytes exert a greater osmotic pressure than nonelectrolytes?

A: Osmosis pressure is the lowest pressure that is required to be applied to a solution to avoid the…

Q: What is the solute potential of pure water when you move it from sea-level to 8,000 meters above…

A: Solute potential decreases with increasing solute concentration and it causes a decrease in the…

Q: What is electroporation and how does it work?

A: Electroporation:             A microbiological technique, in which an electrical field is induced to…

Q: If the percent difference is a positive number, what does this tell us about the movement of water…

A: The cell membrane, which regulates the movement of liquids, dissolved solids, and gases into and out…

Q: How do isotonic, hypertonic, and hypotonic solutions differ?

A: The tonicity of a solution is its ability to cause the movement of water molecules into the cell by…

Q: If we intake very highly concentrated sugar/salt solution, then what types of osmotic effects may…

A: The difference in the solute concentration between two different compartments separated by the…

Q: which are the general features of diffusion of solutes in the water?

A: Introduction  As the cell is bounded by the membranous structure which do not allow the molecules to…

Q: Can solutions with the same concentration of different solutes have different osmotic pressures?

A: Solute is the substance that gets dissolved in the solvent in a solution. A homogenous mix of a…

Q: What is the osmolarity of the solution? Is it hypertonic, isotonic, or hypotonic with blood plasma…

A: Tonicity and osmolarity are quite related and studied together for understanding various…

Q: What general conclusion can you make concerning the movement of water? There is always a net…

A: OSMOSIS:- The movement of the water or solvent from its lower concentration of the solution to a…

Q: Explain briefly why fluid in biological membrane must be in a state of buffer.

A: Membrane is of rigid as well as in fluid nature and bursting can occur if there is too much water…

Q: Two solutions with equal osmotic pressures are

A: Osmosis is the process of diffusion of solvent from the region of higher concentration of solute  to…

Q: Describe why the concentration of water should be nearly the same inside the cell and in the…

A: The movement of water molecules from higher concentration solution to lower concentration solution…

Q: "drives" the diffusion of water across a cell membrane?

A: The cell membrane is a structure which protects the cell and acts as a barrier and transports the…

Q: Which cell represents a hypotonic solution?

A: Answer: OSMOSIS : It is the movement of water from the higher concentration to the lower…

Q: C.

A: A. Hypertonic B. Isotonic C. Hypotonic

Q: Why are water molecules at the surface of a drop of water closer together than those in the…

A: Surface tension is the tendency of liquid surfaces to shrink into the minimum surface area possible.…

Q: What happens when a red blood cells submerges into a hypertonic solution

A: According to the question, we have to explain what happens when a red blood cell submerges into a…

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: What is the osmotic pressure of a 38 M glucose solution that intravenously injected to the blood at…

A: Glucose is a monosaccharide and it is a simple sugar that is the most important source of…

Q: Why do most people elute bound proteins from an ionexchange column by raising the salt concentration…

A: Chromatography is a separation technique that uses differential distribution of components between a…

Q: Cellular pH is kept near a value of seven, due to the action of. O 1. salts O 2. buffers 3. acids 4.…

A: The power of hydrogen is represented as pH. It is found to be a measure of the concentration of…

Q: A solution is prepared by dissolving 64.92 g of Magnesium chloride in sufficient water to make 600…

A: Given values:  Mass of MgCl2 in grams = 64.92 grams  Volume of solution = 600 ml Density of solution…

Q: What is an isotonic solution?

A: Tonicity is the capacity of an extracellular solution to enable water to move into or out of a cell…

Q: What effect does the water temperature have on solution rate

A: There are many factors which influence the rate at which a solute will dissolve in a solvent…

Q: If you had 2 m of NaCl, what is its osmolality in mOsm?

A: OSMOLALITY:                  Osmolality signifies the number of dissolved particles in a fluid. It…

Q: A solution that is described by the term hypertonic means that it is

A: Hypertonic and hypotonic are relative terms. To explain these terms two solutions are required.

Q: define : a. isotonic slution b. hypertonic solution c. hypotonic solution

A: A solution is said to be a homogeneous mixture of two or more components in any one phase(solid,…

Q: could someone help me determine the osmolarity for these solutions? I’m supposed to do it without a…

A: To calculate the osmolarity of a solution, first we will determine the molarity of all the solutes…

Q: Can you predict water movement based on the relative osmolarities of two solutions? Why  or why not?

A: The spontaneous net migration of solvent molecules through a selectively permeable membrane into a…

Q: ich of the following is a hypertonic solution (relative to body fluids)? Note: this can occur during…

A: The concentration of the solute is measured in solutions that are used in osmotic experiments. These…

Q: If a concentration gradient exists, solutes will move from high concentration to concentration?

A: Concentration gradient refers to difference in concentration of a substance in two regions.

Q: Ions diffuse across cell membranes by what pathway?

A: Introduction Cell is bounded by the membrane which only allows selective molecules to pass through…

Q: How can you prepare 2 Letter isotonic solution for an X fluid (osmolarity 200mosm/L). by using Nacl…

A: In the question, we are given with- 1. Osmolarity of X fluid= 200 mosm/L 2. Volume of isotonic…

Q: How is the rate of diffusion affected by an increasedconcentration gradient? By increased…

A: Diffusion can be classified into two types namely simple diffusion and facilitated diffusion. In the…

Q: If the osmolarity of a solution of NaCl is  2.4 OsM, what would it be as a percent solution? MW of…

A: Osmosis is a concept which comes into play when a semi-permeable membrane is permeable to water and…