This is a thinking critically question from my science teacher. The blood cell has to be red.
2006-11-15 11:31:59 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
Yes; think of the cell as a sack filled with stuff surrounded by a semipermeable membrane. Water diffuses through the pores based on its concentration. That is, water goes from an area of great to less concentration. Since the distilled water by definition has no solute and is 100 per cent pure and since the concentration of the water in the cell is diluted by the presence of small particles (almost one percent), water flows from the outside to the inside very quickly. The membrane is stretched so much by the infusion of water that it bursts.
2006-11-15 11:45:08 · answer #1 · answered by el cabo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes the red blood cell is full of salts and therfore would be in a hypotonic solution. The water would rush in by osmosis to try and neutralise this red blood cell and fill up so much it would burst called lysis.
2006-11-15 20:07:54 · answer #2 · answered by lil 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes the blood cell would burst due to osmosis. the water amount inside and outside the cell must be balanced. since there is more water outside the cell, water would move in the cell at a very fast rate making the blood cell burst. this is so because too much water would be in the cell, making it burst.
2006-11-15 20:01:53 · answer #3 · answered by blah 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, but when this happens it is referred to as lysis, or the red blood cells lysed. Many medical assays have that as a first step.
2006-11-15 19:33:58 · answer #4 · answered by finaldx 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, pure water is a hypotonic soloution
2006-11-15 19:41:40 · answer #5 · answered by lilrebel9631 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would certainly swell significantly. Probably would burst eventually, yes.
2006-11-15 19:44:43 · answer #6 · answered by sdc_99 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋