Practice - Osmosis & Water Potential: Mechanisms & Calculations
Practice Questions
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What is water potential?
💡 Hint: Think about how much potential energy water has in a specific environment.
Define solute potential.
💡 Hint: What happens to water potential when solute concentration increases?
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Interactive Quizzes
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What does water potential (Ψ) represent?
💡 Hint: Think about what drives water to move from one area to another.
True or False: In a hypertonic solution, cells shrink due to water loss.
💡 Hint: Reference what happens when cells are placed in saltwater.
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Challenge Problems
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Consider a cell that has a solute potential of -0.4 MPa and is placed in a solution with a water potential of -0.6 MPa. Determine the net water movement.
💡 Hint: Compare the water potential of the cell and the solution.
How would you design an experiment to test the effects of varying sucrose concentrations on potato tuber cells? Include hypotheses, methods, and expected results.
💡 Hint: Think about how you will measure changes in the potato cells.
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