Answers to Transport Problems

Bio 391

Cellular transport problem solving1A. The cell has burst

1B. Hypotonic

1C. Water rushed into the cell. The cytoplasm must have been more concentrated.

2A. Water is moving out

2B. Completely shrivel and die

2C. Hypertonic

3A. Fructose – there is none in the bag and the concentrations will move to equilibrium

3B. glucose is more concentrated and will move to achieve equilibrium

4A. Water is rushing out of the vacuole and the cell is shrinking, yet the cell wall is staying intact.

4B. Plasmolysis

4C. Hypertonic

5A. Hypertonic

5B. Water out of cell

5C. Cell will shrivel

EQUILIBRIUM

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7. Water is rushing in, making the cell bigger. Cell wall restricts more expansion.

8A. Water will go to A. Salt will go to A.

8B. A

8C. Molecules don’t stop moving. The system will maintain equal concentrations but diffusion will still occur, slowly