Question

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

Answer 1

Answer:

a. hypotonic

b. hypertonic

c. isotonic

Answer 2

Answer:

Answer:

 (a) When a cell possess higher water concentration than the surrounding medium then exosmosis occurs In the cell due to the difference in water concentration in the cell and surrounding medium and cells shrinks.

(b) When a cell has low water concentration than surrounding medium then. Endosmosis occurs leading to the swelling o' the ceil.

(c) A cell having equal concentration to its surrounding medium will not show any changes as isotomic conditions persist in She solvent.

Explanation: