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What salty or fresh water does to plant and animal cells

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  1. “model data, not to scale” Ari drew a cell in salt water. The teacher says the solution is hypertonic to the cell. Which statement explains why?

    • The solution matches the cell, so water stops moving
    • Water moves toward the cell, which has less solute
    • The solution has more solute than the cell has
    • The cell has more solute than the solution has
  2. Beaker drawing (model data, not to scale). Bo's cell sits in beaker W. Which name fits the solution, and why?

    • Hypotonic, because it has less solute than the cell
    • Hypotonic, because water moves toward less solute
    • Hypertonic, because the cell has more solute than it has
    • Isotonic, because no water moves in or out
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    model data, not to scale.

  4. The solution in Esme's beaker is isotonic to the cell. What happens to the water?

    • No water moves in or out of the cell
    • Water moves toward the side with less solute
    • Equal amounts move in and out, so the size holds
    • Salt moves into the cell until the sides match
  5. Jun compares three beakers around the same kind of cell. Which beaker holds a solution isotonic to the cell?

    • Beaker A, because water moves toward the 1% side
    • Beaker A, because 1% is the smallest number
    • Beaker C, because 9% is the largest number
    • Beaker B, because 4% matches the cell's 4%
  6. Kira looks at three beakers. In which beaker does the solution have more solute than the cell?

    • Beaker Q, because 6% matches the cell
    • Beaker R, because 12% is more than 6%
    • Beaker P, because water moves toward its smaller number
    • Beaker P, because the cell has more solute than P
  7. Luz sets three beakers around the same kind of plant cell. Which beaker's solution is hypotonic to the cell?

    • Beaker Z, because the cell's 3% is less than 10%
    • Beaker Z, because 10% is the largest number
    • Beaker Y, because water stops moving there
    • Beaker X, because 0% is less than the cell's 3%
  8. Milo compares three labeled red blood cell diagrams. Which diagram shows a red blood cell in a hypotonic solution?

    • Diagram Q, because no water moved in or out
    • Diagram R, because water moved into the cell
    • Diagram P, because water moved out of the cell
    • Diagram P, because it shows the smallest cell
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    Beaker drawing (model data, not to scale).

  10. In Noah's drawing the membrane has pulled away from the wall. What is this state called, and why did it happen?

    • Plasmolyzed, because water left the cell
    • Lysed, because the cell burst open
    • Normal, because water stops moving in strong salt water
    • Turgid, because the cell is full and firm
  11. In Pia's drawing the plant cell is firm with no gap inside its wall. What is this state called, and why?

    • Lysed, because water entered and the cell burst open
    • Crenated, because the cell shrank with a crinkled edge
    • Turgid, because water entered and the wall holds firm
    • Plasmolyzed, because water left toward less solute
  12. The teacher dissolved each shell in vinegar beforehand. Tala reads that a teacher's shell-less egg lost mass in one beaker. Which drawing shows that, and why?

    • Drawing Y, because the egg took in water
    • Drawing X, because the egg took in sugar
    • Drawing Y, because water left the egg
    • Drawing X, because water left the egg
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What salty or fresh water does to plant and animal cells. Every version has 10 questions, and the answer key prints on the second page.

What your child will learn

  • I can say that tonicity compares the solution outside with the cell inside, and name a solution hypertonic, hypotonic or isotonic from the two solute percents.
  • I can predict which way water moves and what a teacher's shell-less egg and a plant cell do in each case.
  • I can name a plant cell's states: turgid in a hypotonic solution, plasmolyzed in a hypertonic one; and say why a plant cell does not burst in fresh water (the cell wall).
  • I can match three labeled red blood cell diagrams (shrunken, normal, swollen near bursting) to hypertonic, isotonic and hypotonic solutions.
  • I can calculate percent change in mass from a start and an end mass, and find the isotonic point where a graph of percent change crosses zero.
  • I can explain that isotonic means no net movement, not that no water moves, and that osmosis moves water, not salt.

Standard: supports HS-LS1-3

Words to know

solute: A substance dissolved in a liquid, such as salt in water

tonicity: How a solution outside a cell changes the cell's volume through osmosis

hypertonic: A solution with more solute than the cell; water leaves the cell

hypotonic: A solution with less solute than the cell; water enters the cell

isotonic: A solution with the same solute as the cell; no net movement of water

net movement: The difference between water going in and water going out

turgid: Firm and full, because water pushes the membrane against the cell wall

turgor pressure: The push of water inside a plant cell against its wall

Common mistakes

Your child named the solution by the cell's solute instead of the solution's. Tonicity compares the solution with the cell: more solute outside is hypertonic, less is hypotonic. Ask your child which has more solute, the solution or the cell.

Your child thought salt moves, not water. In these tests only water crosses the membrane, and the solute stays where it is. Ask which way the water went and how the mass showed it.

Your child thought a plant cell bursts in fresh water. A plant cell has a wall that holds it firm, so it becomes turgid. Ask what the wall does when water enters.

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What is the most common mistake with what salty or fresh water does to plant and animal cells?

Your child named the solution by the cell's solute instead of the solution's. Tonicity compares the solution with the cell: more solute outside is hypertonic, less is hypotonic. Ask your child which has more solute, the solution or the cell.

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