Hypotonic

In the given scenario, what will happen? An egg with a dissolved shell is placed in pure water for 48 hours.

• Water will move in and out of the cell equally, and the cell with neither shrink nor swell.

• The egg will gain water and swell.

• The egg will lose water and shrink.

Solution with a lower solute concentration…

• Hypertonic

• Hypotonic

• Isotonic

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Solution with a higher free water concentration…

• Hypertonic

• Hypotonic

• Isotonic

If the intracellular concentration is 1.0 M and extracellular concentration is 0.4M. Which direction does water flow?

• Both in and out (equilibrium)

• Into the cell

• Out of the cell

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NGSS.MS-LS1-1

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Which organelle helps protist in freshwater?

• Central vacuole

• Contractile vacuole

• Golgi bodies

• Nucleus

What organelle function with plant cell in hypotonic solution?

• Contractile vacuole

• Central vacuole

• Food vacuole

• Vesicle

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

If solution A has -4.0 MPa and solution B has -2.0 MPa, which direction will   water flow?

• Out of solution A

• Out of solution B

What happens to a red blood cell when placed in a hypotonic solution?

• It shrinks

• It swells and bursts

• It remains the same

• It becomes rigid

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Which of the following best describes a hypotonic solution?

• Higher solute concentration than the cell

• Lower solute concentration than the cell

• Equal solute concentration as the cell

• No solute present

In a hypotonic environment, what is the expected movement of water?

• Water moves into the cell

• Water moves out of the cell

• No net movement of water

• Water moves equally in and out