3 states of osmosis

Cards (10)

  • 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