Well I'm not exactly certain where the teacher is going with this, but an often used example is red blood cells (RBCs) aka: erythrocytes.
RBCs are suspended in blood plasma as they flood through vessels around and around the body, so the osmolarity (amount of small particles that affect osmosis) must remain relatively constant. This is termed "isotonic", meaning the same amount of osmosis-influencing particles that are there inside the RBCs' cytosol, within their plasma membranes.
If the plasma osmolarity get too high, called hypertonic (as with extra salt particles) then water inside the RBCs will have an osmotic force driving it out of the cells' membranes, to flow where there are more salt particles. This will lead to cell shrinkage (called "crenation").
Counter to that, if the plasma osmolarity gets too low, as due to low plasma salt with excessive water intake (for example from the condition "water intoxication"), then the plasma will be hypotonic with respect to the intracellular cytosol concentration. This can result in water rushing into the RBCs' membranes via osmosis, causing the cells to swell from discs into spheres (balls), or even rupture and burst (a phenomenon called "hemolysis").
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Answer:
Metabolism is the chemical reactions that take place inside a living organism. The reaction occurs in the cells. Digestion can be the best association to metabolism. The metabolic system recognizes which substances can be nutritious or poisonous. In order to complete this process, water is needed. The chemicals are dissolved in water and transported. Without water, no reaction can take place.
Metabolism is considered as the set of life-sustaining chemical reactions within the living organism’s body cells.
<span>Answer: Biodiversity</span>
The suppression of forest fires causes a decrease in biodiversity because
some habitats require exposure to fire. Most ecosystems of savanna, chaparral
and coniferous forests have developed with fire as an essential contributor to habitat’s vigor
and regeneration.
Additionally, wildfire suppression eliminates plant species
in fire-affected environments that require fire to germinate, established, or to
reproduce. Also, animals that depend on these plants will be affected too.
