Osmosis Review

Which of the following describes an osmotic condition with a HIGHER amount of solute outside the cell than inside the cell?

• Hydrophobic

• Hypotonic

• Isotonic

• Hypertonic

Which of the following describes an osmotic condition with a LOWER amount of solute outside the cell than inside the cell?

• Hypertonic

• Isotonic

• Hypotonic

• Hydrophilic

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Which of the following describes an osmotic condition with a SAME amount of solute outside the cell than inside the cell?

• Hypertonic

• Isotonic

• Hypotonic

• Hydrophilic

Which osmotic condition causes a cell to gain water and swell?

• Hypertonic

• Isotonic

• Hypotonic

• Hydrophilic

Which osmotic condition causes a cell to lose water and shrink?

• Hypertonic

• Isotonic

• Hypotonic

• Hydrophilic

The diffusion of water across a selectively permeable membrane is known as

• facilitated diffusion

• exocytosis

• active transport

• osmosis

A(n) _________________________ solution is one that has the SAME concentration of solutes as the cell placed in it.

• dilute

• isotonic

• hypertonic

• hypotonic

Cells in a(n) ____________________ solution will swell and could burst because water rushes into the cell, as shown in the figure.

• dilute

• isotonic

• hypertonic

• hypotonic

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-3

Algal cells are placed in an isotonic solution. Additional amounts of solutes are slowly added to the solution. What happens to the cells?

• They will begin to swell.

• They will burst.

• They will stay the same.

• They will shrink.

In the lab, you use a special balloon that is permeable to water, but not to sucrose, to make an "artificial cell." The balloon is filled with a solution of 20% sucrose and 80% water and is immersed in a beaker containing a solution of 40% sucrose and 60% water. Which of the following will occur?

• Water will leave the balloon

• Water will enter the balloon

• Sucrose will leave the balloon

• Sucrose will enter the balloon