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A red blood cell placed in distilled water will swell and burst due to the movement of Your answer: salt from the distilled water diffusing into the cell water molecules moving by osmosis into the cell water from the red blood cell moving into the distilled water

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Due to the movement of surounding water ijnto the cell.

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A red blood cell placed in distilled water will swell and burst due to the movement of - water molecules moving by osmosis into the cell.

Osmosis is the movement of water that diffuses from a higher water concentration area to a lower water concentration area.

  • The distilled water outside the red blood cell, since it is 100% water and no salt, is hypotonic to the red blood cell.
  • The red blood cell will gain water, swell ad then burst.

Thus, a red blood cell placed in distilled water will swell and burst due to the movement of - water molecules moving by osmosis into the cell.

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