Osmosis
What is the definition?
The diffusion of water across a selectively permeable membrane is specifically called osmosis
What are the terms hypotonic, hypertonic, and isotonic?
hypotonic: more water than solute
hypertonic: less water than solute
isotonic: equal water and solute
What happens when a cell is in a hypertonic solution?
What happens when a cell is in a hypo?
Cells shrink in hyper
Cells pop in hypo
If the liquid around the cell is hyper what is the cell?
Then vice versa
Cell is hypo if the liquid is hyper and vice versa