8.4 - Interpreting Results
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Practice Questions
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What is osmosis?
💡 Hint: Think about how water moves based on concentration.
What happens to a potato strip in a hypertonic solution?
💡 Hint: Where does the water go?
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Interactive Quizzes
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What is the main effect of a hypertonic solution on cells?
💡 Hint: Remember what happens when there is more salt outside the cell.
True or False: In an isotonic solution, cells gain water.
💡 Hint: What does isotonic mean again?
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Challenge Problems
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Design an experiment to test how temperature affects the rate of osmosis in potato cells. What variables would you control and what would you measure?
💡 Hint: Consider basic lab equipment and safety.
Explain how understanding osmosis is utilized in medical therapies, such as administering IV fluids. What are the implications of using isotonic solutions?
💡 Hint: Think about why doctors choose specific IV fluids.
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