Which statement best describes the expected resulting a typical cell is placed into fresh water?
a) Active transport of watter into the cell would begin
b) there would be a net movement of watter out of the cell
c) There would be a net movement of watter into the cell
d) protine synthesis would begin
e)no change in the cells watter content would occur
2007-02-19 04:39:10 · 5 answers · asked by dancing_diva 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
c
2007-02-19 04:45:52 · answer #1 · answered by gebobs 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Likely c. I am not sure what they mean by a typical cell but most animal and plant cells are normally in a saline environment. Human cells live surrounded by body fluids which are about as salty as the ocean. If you put them into pure water they swell up until they burst. This is one of the problems in microscopy.
2007-02-19 13:41:09 · answer #2 · answered by U-98 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
C... because fresh water is hypotonic (hyposmotic) compared to the fluids of the cell.
2007-02-19 13:23:01 · answer #3 · answered by mastersciprof 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's either a or c.. but I'm leaning more towards a
2007-02-19 12:43:26 · answer #4 · answered by Alisa 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
c
it's not -a- 'cause it's not active transport
2007-02-19 13:28:03 · answer #5 · answered by anna 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋