Question

What are consequences of the following conditions? (a)A cell containing higher water concentration than the surrounding medium. (b)A cell having low water concentration than the surrounding medium. (c) A cell having equal water concentration to its surrounding medium.

Answer 1

A a cell containing higher water concretions than the surrounding medium

Answer 2

In case 'a' the cell will lose water by osmosis and in case 'b' the cell will gain water by osmosis causing it to swell . In case 'c' the water will have no movement .

Case 'a' is called hypertonic solution

Case 'b' is called hypertonic solution

Case 'c' is called isotonic solution