Question

Osmosis cause the water to move from areas of low salt concentrations to areas of high salt concentrations. The internal salt concentration of red blood cells is 0.9 M. The diagram below shows red blood cells surmerged in solutions of four different internal salt concentrations-0 M, 0.65 M, 0.9M , and 2M.Which of the diagram shows red blood cells in 0.65 M solution

Answer 1

Answer:

The red blood cells will shrink in size due to osmotic-like pressure differences until it reaches a "favorable" size.

Explanation:

Introduction

Osmosis is the physo-chemical process resulted from pressure differences.

Example of this principle is found on physiology on the celebrated Fick's law. Further, cells in general use this physical phenomenon for transporting important molecules in and out of the cells in what is named passive transport, no energy is demanded, no proteins is used for the job.

In the scheme below, mass will go from the high concentration side, left, to low concentration, right. It will go on until the concentrations will meet.