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Students set up an experiment using dialysis tubing to resemble a cell membrane. Their setup is shown in the diagram below.What type of solution did the students use in the beaker of this experiment?
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To determine the type of solution used in the beaker for their dialysis tubing experiment, you'd typically consider the movement of substances across the membrane.
If the dialysis tubing is filled with a solution that has a higher concentration of solutes compared to the solution in the beaker, then the beaker would contain a **hypotonic solution**. This would mean that water would move into the dialysis tubing, potentially causing it to swell.
If the concentration of solutes in the beaker is higher than that inside the dialysis tubing, then the beaker would contain a **hypertonic solution**, causing water to move out of the tubing and possibly leading it to shrink.
If the concentrations inside the tubing and in the beaker are equal, then it would be an **isotonic solution**, where there would be no net movement of water.
Without the specific details from the diagram, I can't provide a definitive answer, but you can analyze the conditions described above to identify the solution type used in the beaker.
If the dialysis tubing is filled with a solution that has a higher concentration of solutes compared to the solution in the beaker, then the beaker would contain a **hypotonic solution**. This would mean that water would move into the dialysis tubing, potentially causing it to swell.
If the concentration of solutes in the beaker is higher than that inside the dialysis tubing, then the beaker would contain a **hypertonic solution**, causing water to move out of the tubing and possibly leading it to shrink.
If the concentrations inside the tubing and in the beaker are equal, then it would be an **isotonic solution**, where there would be no net movement of water.
Without the specific details from the diagram, I can't provide a definitive answer, but you can analyze the conditions described above to identify the solution type used in the beaker.