Question

Which way will the water the water tend to move (in terms of sugar concentration)?

Which way will the water tend to move (in terms of water concentration)?

What happens to a real cell when it is placed in distilled water? Describe the reason.

Answer 1

water has a tendency to move across a membrane from a lower osmolarity to a higher osmolarity.

When red blood cells are placed in distilled water, which is hypotonic compared to the solution contained within the cells' membranes, the distilled water will diffuse into the red blood cells and cause them to burst.