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Which of the following solutions has the highest concentration of the solute?
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Hypertonic
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Hypotonic
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Isotonic
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None of the above
Hypotonic solution is a solution, which contains lesser solute concentration. An isotonic solution is a solution, which contains the same concentration of solute as in cell. A Hypertonic solution is a solution, which contains higher solute concentration and thus causes plasmolysis when a cell is placed in such solution.
Diffusion occurs in
(a) Solids
(b) Liquids
(c) Gases
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a,b
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b,c
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a,c
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All
Diffusion occurs in both liquids and gases and can take place over long distances diffusion in gases are much faster than in liquids the diffusion rate of oxygen in the air is 1,00,0001,00,000 times more than diffusion rate of oxygen in the water. Diffusion may be defined as the process of movement of gases. Liquids or solutes from the region of higher concentration to the regions of lower concentration till the molecules are uniformly distributed throughout the available space. Many substances like gases. liquids or solutes can diffuse simultaneously in different directions and at different rates in the same place without interfering with each other.
The uniformly sweet taste of coffee or tea is due to
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Spreading
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Permeability
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Distribution
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Diffusion
Diffusion is the net movement of a substance from a region of high concentration to a region of low concentration. A gradient is a change in the value of a quantity (e.g., concentration, pressure, temperature) with the change in another variable (e.g., distance). The uniformly sweet taste of coffee or tea is also an example of diffusion. Here, when added tea or coffee powder to milk/water, movement of substance takes place from high concentration to lower concentration. Thus, the correct answer is option D.
A cell with fully elastic wall is placed in hypertonic solution. What will not happen?
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Change in cell size and shape.
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The whole cell will shrink.
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Cytoplasm shrinks from the cell wall and undergoes plasmolysis.
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Decrease in cell size.
A hypertonic solution is a solution which contains more amount for dissolved salts i.e., the concentration of solute is more.
When a cell is placed in hypertonic solution since the solvent concentration is less, the solvent is exerted from the cell and the cell undergoes cytolysis.
The pressure inside the cell is high and the cell may undergo osmolysis.
Cytoplasm will not shrink but cell solvent will come out it is not plasmolysis because the only periphery of the cell is not affected. So it cannot undergo plasmolysis.
So the correct answer is 'Cytoplasm shrinks from the cell wall and undergoes plasmolysis'.
The external solution having same concentration as that of cell sap is known as
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Hypertonic solution
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Isotonic solution
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Hypotonic solution
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Ultratonic solution
When cells are in isotonic solution, movement of water out of the cell is exactly balanced by movement of water into the cell.
There is nothing like ultratonic solution.
The external solution having more concentration than the cell sap is known as
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Hypertonic solution
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Isotonic solution
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Hypotonic solution
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None of the above
When cells are in isotonic solution, movement of water out of the cell is exactly balanced by movement of water into the cell.
When a cell is placed in 0.25 M concentrated sugar solution, there is no change in it. The concentration of cell sap would be :
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0.025 M
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0.25 M
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25 M
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None of the above
The external solution having less concentration than the cell sap is known as
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Hypertonic solution
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Isotonic solution
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Hypotonic solution
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Ultratonic solution
When cells are in isotonic solution, movement of water out of the cell is exactly balanced by movement of water into the cell.
To initiate cell photosynthesis, salt solution should be
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Isotonic
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Hypotonic
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Hypertonic
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None of the above
Water is absorbed from outside solution only when it is
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Isotonic
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Hypotonic
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Hypertonic
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None of these
Water is absorbed from outside solution only if the external medium is hypotonic because a hypotonic solution has more concentration of solvent molecules than the fluid inside the cell. So, solvent molecules move inside the cell from the region of higher concentration to the lower concentration by the process of endosmosis. The cell swells and increases in size.