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3 states of osmosis
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In a dilute solution
animal
cells swell then
burst
and plant cells swell but don't burst due to their cell wall
Dilute solution turns cell
turgid
In solution with same
concentration
as
cytoplasm
of cell, animal and plant cells will remain the same
In
same
concentration cells are described as
flaccid
In a
concentrated
solution water moves out of cells by osmosis and cell becomes
plasmolyzed
In concentrated solutions
animal
cells, shrink and shrivel up, in plant cells the vacuole shrinks and cytoplasm pulls away from cell
wall
Concentrated
solution e.g
salt
Dilute
solution e.g
pure water
In same concentration there's
no
net movement of
water
in or out of cells
same concentration as cytoplasm is why blood
plasma
is same as blood cell cytoplasm so no
bursting
or shrivelling happens