Osmosis
Why did the egg in the corn syrup shrink?
Because the corn syrup was hypertonic to the egg
The reason why a hypotonic solution will not cause a plant cell to burst
What is the cell wall ?
Why did the egg in the water expand?
Because the water was hypotonic to the egg
Cells will shrink when put into this type of solution
What is hypertonic?
True or False - diffusion only occurs in cells
False - example, food coloring in water or air freshener
How does oxygen and glucose get into cells? By what process and through what part of the cell?
Diffusion and through the cell membrane
When the smell of bacon fills the air, the smell goes from an area of ________ concentration to areas of _____ concentration
What is high to low
Why would you want an IV of saline solution if you were dehydrated?
Because it is isotonic to your cells
Endocytosis is going _____ the cell and exocytosis is going ________the cell
into and out of
A human blood cell in pure water will likely do this.
What is explode, b/c no cell wall
A plant absorbing nutrients from the soil is an example of what process?
What is active transort?
For our potato lab, which salt solution would the potato NOT change size?
What is isotonic ?
The cell membrane is mostly made of what type of molecule?
What are phospholipids?