can u tell me what this question means?

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i'm not looking for the answer..i just need someone to tell me what to do with this question. "Write a conclusion and link these results to the theory of osmosis and how it is affected by the type of solution that cell is placed". Thank youu! and if you could tell me how to write a conclusion through a third person(without using i, we, our, us, etc) would be great :) thank youu!!

this question is off a prac. i'm currently doing year 11 biology. i know the question seems silly, but i wanna thank all those who answered this :)

Answer 1

the theory of osmosis says that a solution with lesser concentration will flow outwards to the solution with greater concentration.example:do not drink salt/sea water coz it contains highly concentrated salt solution in it.the body will become dehydrated (loss of fluid due to osmosis of body fluid which is less concentrated which will be drained by the salt water we drank).other example:put an apple in concentrated salt solution.the apple will shrink and generates wrinkles due to osmosis of apple fluid into the concentrated salt solution which posses greater concentration than the apple fluid.do you understand?actually how old are u?and your question seems to be a part of a big structural question.am i correct?

Answer 2

Osmosis is the diffusion of water across a membrane. Since cells are bathed in fluids which are primarily water but contain dissolved substances, it is important to know the concentration of the solution.

There are three terms we use to identify solutions: Hypotonic, Hypertonic, and Isotonic.

In order for the cell to remain the same (not swell, noT shrink) then the cell needs to be in a solution that has the same concentration of dissolved substances as the cell's cytoplasm. If it is different, the water will cross the membrane to try to equalize the concentrations.

In a hypotonic solution, there is more water (by percentage) outside the cell than inside the cell so the water would flood into the cell and the cell would swell (or burst)..

In a hypertonic solution, there is more water in the cell than outside the cell (by concentration percentage). In this instance, water would leave the cell to try to equalize; this results in the cell shrinking.

An isotonic solution is one where the solution has the same percentage of dissolved solutes as the cell's cytoplasm. Because of this the concentrations are equal and the cell would remain the same.

This is in third person.

BIOLOGY TEACHER

Answer 3

Would be really helpful if more of the question was there.

Obviously you're being asked to write a conclusion on some kind of data that you already have; presumably about cell turgidity in various dilutions of ions.

It kind depends on your level of study as to what people want in your conclusion. But a good conclusion always sums up the results (e.g. i.e. Our results demonstrate that big rocks and small rocks fall at the same rate), gives meaning to the results (This indicates that the rate at which things fall is not dependent on weight) and puts them in place with already available knowledge (Our results confirm Galileo's Theory, and show that Aristotle wasn't all he cracked up to be).

There is nothing wrong with using first person in a conclusion, just something wrong with using present tense: "I have shown..." is okay.

Of course, the conclusion, must discuss osmosis because osmosis helps explain why the results happened, and what they mean.

Answer 4

Osmosis is the passing of a fluid through a semi-porous membrane, until both sides are under equal pressure, such as how nutrients are passed into the blood stream. I guess what they are asking is how a cell's osmosis ability is affected by different solutions. For example blood or saline sollution

Answer 5

so basically they want to know how the cell reacts if its placed in a specific type of solution. so if the cell is in a hypotonic solution the solute will go into the cell due to osmosis (the movement of soluts across a semipermeable barrier) from this the cell will burst if there is no cell wall present. if the cell is in a hypertonic solution the solute will exit the cell due to osmosis and the cell will shrivel up