Question

What is most likely to occur

A.water from the solution will diffuse into red blood cell
B. water from the red blood cell will diffuse into the solution
C.protein and sugar from the solution will diffuse into the red blood cell
D.protein and sugar from the red blood cell will diffuse into the solution

Answer 1

Option B) Water from the red blood cell will diffuse into the solution.

Step-by-step explanation:

• This is due to Osmosis.
• Osmosis is the movement or transfer of water or other solvent through a plasma membrane from a region of low solute concentration to a region of high solute concentration, by which equal concentration is achived on the both sides. Osmosis is passive transport which means it does not require any energy.
• The concentration of water is high and concentration of solute(Proteins and sugar) is low in RBC(red blood cell) as compared with solvent(i.e given Aqueous solution) and hence the the water will expel(comes out in the external solution) from the the RBC, due to Osmosis.

Result: Water will diffuse from RBC into the solution.