Salt concentration of 0.5%. Which of the following statements is true if a cell is placed in a dilute solution containing 0.1% salt ions? The process of moving salt ions is by active transport. The process of moving salt ions requires the cell to expend energy. This process of moving salt ions is by osmosis. Both a and b are correct.
Concentration of substances in two cells of the same kind have the same cytoplasm solution. Cell A is placed in a 2% glucose solution and cell B is placed in a 5% glucose solution. Which of the following is correct?
- Cell A will swell more than cell B.
- Cell B will swell more than cell A.
- Both cells will increase in size at the same rate.
- Both cells will decrease in size at the same rate.
The injection of large quantities of distilled water into a person's veins would cause many of the RBCs to shrink, swell and burst, agglutinate, or carry more oxygen.
If 0.9% NaCl were isotonic to a cell, then which statement is correct?
- 0.9% would also be hypotonic.
- 0.9% would also be hypertonic.
- 1.0% would be hypertonic.
- 1.0% would be hypotonic.