Question

HELP ASAP PLEASE!! DUE IN 10 MINUTES !!! based on these results which statement correctly predicts what will happen to red blood cells when they are placed in a beaker containing a water solution in which the salt concentration is much higher than the salt concentration in the red blood cells

A:the red blood cells will absorb water and increase in size
B:the red blood cells will lose water and decrease in size
C:red blood cells will of first absorb water than lose water and maintain their normal size
D:the red blood cells will first lose water then absorb water and finally double in size ​

Answer 1

The correct answer is - option B. the red blood cells will lose water and decrease in size.

Step-by-step explanation:

The movement of the water takes place always from the high concentration region of solute to the low concentration of solute through a semi-permeable membrane. In this case, the representation is showing that placing the cell inside a solution with low concentration solute than the cell makes the cell increase the size, and placing it in a solution high concentration of solute makes it decrease in size due to the transfer of water from more water to the low water area.

Now placing the RBC in a solution with more salt concentration than the cell makes the solution hypertonic which means the solution has more solute concentration and less water so the water move from cell to the solution and cell will shrink and decrease in size.