BI-542
Osmosis
Biology · Secondary 3 · Medium · Osmosis
A red blood cell is placed in a solution with a higher water potential than its cytoplasm. Using the idea of osmosis, what will happen to the red blood cell after some time?
- It shrinks because water leaves the cell by osmosis.
- It remains the same size because there is no net movement of water.
- It swells and may burst because water enters by osmosis.
- It becomes crenated because salt enters the cell by diffusion.
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