Question

In the tonicity of red blood cells lab, if you had chosen the strategy "I will measure The volume changes to the solution added to the red blood cells before and after the treatment to see if the amount of solution changes," would this be an effective strategy? Why or why not?

Answer 1

The correct answer is No.

Step-by-step explanation:

Measuring the volume change after placing:

In a hypertonic solution - solvent moves outside of the cell and the cell shrinks, the change in volume of solvent would be very minute to observe or measure as the RBCs are very small cells.

in a hypotonic solution - the change in the solvent or solute or overall solution is very less and will be very insignificant to come to any result. The water volume change would be difficult to measure.