Question

A cell is placed in a water solution with the same salt concentration as the cell. The cell is placed in a _____.

Answer 1

Do you know about
Hypertonic, hyotopic and isotonic solutions?

Answer 2

not a lot

Answer 3

Alright, it's easy..
If you know the definitions of each term!


Here, I'll explain you a little that will help you to fill that blank.

1:Hypertonic solution: Hyper: synonym for ''above or excessive''.

Hypertonic solutions have a higher concentration of solute
example (glucose, salt, etc) than the cell..

2:Hypotonic solution: Hypo: means ''below''.

Hypotonic solutions have a lower concentration of solute than the cell..

3:isotonic solution: Iso means “equal”.

Isotonic solutions have same concentration of solute as the cell..


Now you can fill that blank! Which one fits there.?

Answer 4

ok thanks its isotonic