6. The Membrane

In the context of osmosis, if the blood has a higher solute concentration than the matrix of the brain, how would you describe the tonicity of the blood relative to the brain matrix?

Putting a plant in which type of solution will result in water loss and cause the plant to wilt?

In an osmosis experiment using a dialysis tube filled with a starch and glucose solution, the dialysis tube was permeable to which substance?

During osmosis, what is transported across a selectively permeable membrane?

Which of the following statements best describes a characteristic feature of osmosis?

You know that this cell is in a(n) _____ solution because the cell _____.

Which process allows green plants to control the amount of water stored in their leaves?

Water moves via osmosis __________.

What happens to plant cells when they are placed in a high salt (10%) solution?

Animal cells function optimally when placed in which type of solution?

Water moves up a plant because of hydrogen bonds by a process called __________.

In order for water reabsorption to occur during osmosis in the kidney, the solute concentration of the medulla needs to:

A red blood cell placed in pure water will swell and potentially burst. This cell is in a(n) _____ solution.

How do contractile vacuoles help maintain water balance in certain organisms?

A red blood cell will undergo hemolysis in which of the following solutions?