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Critical thinking week 3

Critical thinking week 3

Q 1. A cell containing a 3% sucrose solution is placed into a beaker containing a 7% sucrose solution. Assume the cell’s membrane is permeable to water, but not permeable to the sucrose. Where will the water diffuse? Explain. 2. True or false: Each turn of the Calvin cycle produces one molecule of glucose. If false, please make it a true statement.

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1. The solution that has 7% sucrose is hypertonic to the cell containing a 3% sucrose solution. That means the solution containing 7% sucrose is of higher concentration than the solution of 3% sucrose present inside the cell. Cell membrane is semipermeable, therefore water can pass through it, but sucrose cannot. The water molecule present in the cell will penetrate the cell membrane and come out of the cell and mix with the solution present in the beaker (