Question

If a egg was put in a jar of vinegar for 72 hours and the egg began to expand what kind of transport is this?

Answer 1

@JustSaiyan

Answer 2

I was thinking net flow?

Answer 3

Passive Transport?

Answer 4

Can you give a sshort explaination?

Answer 5

It isn't actually being moved by any force, it is simply absorbing the vinegar. "Passive transport is the movement of substances across the membrane without any input of energy by the cell."

Answer 6

Ok thanks

Answer 7

Do you know this by any chance to @JustSaiyan ?

Answer 8

No problem.

Answer 9

What is it?

Answer 10

Consider how lettuce or spinach placed in water becomes firm and crisp. Use what you have learned about cell membranes to explain this observation.
@JustSaiyan

Answer 11

This is what's known as Osmosis. Inside a pressurized container, the lettuce (or spinach) will absorb the water into its membrane, which then fills the cell and becomes bloated, making the lettuce (or spinach) firm/crisp.

Answer 12

Or any container really. I suppose it doesn't have to be pressurized.

Answer 13

Do you understand?

Answer 14

yes thanks

Answer 15

Your welcome.

Answer 16

@JustSaiyan wanted you to check my answer for this one if that ok its the last one

Answer 17

Go ahead. I am on until 4PM

Answer 18

Ok If you were to continue this experiment by removing the egg from the water and covering it in syrup, what do you think would happen. Explain your prediction. (If you choose to test your prediction, be sure to allow at least 24 hours before making your observations. And, of course, handle the egg very carefully!)

Answer 19

I think it would take longer and not dissolve the egg as much because syrup is less acidic than vinegar

Answer 20

It would shrink in size, as the sugar molecules from the syrup are too large to pass the the membrane, but the water from in the egg can leave, into the syrup. Since the egg was bloated from the water, stretched in size, the exit of the water would make it shrink smaller than it's original size.

Answer 21

Like a stretched out sock, or shirt.

Answer 22

Does that make sense?

Answer 23

Yes ok im finally finished thanks for the help @JustSaiyan !

Answer 24

Anytime!