A red blood cell placed in a medium that is hypertonic relative to its cytoplasm will shrink
Explanation:
Since the hypertonic medium has a higher concentration than the red blood cell, water will move out of the cell membrane of the red blood cell into the hypertonic medium.
Thus, after a while the continuous loss of water will cause the red blood cell to shrink (reduce in size)
Energy is generated by glyolysis and aerobic respiration which contributes to approximately 252kcal. This is only 37% of total energy of glucose i.e 686kcal/mol.
According to the second law of thermodynamics all of the energy cannot be converted into work done i.e most of the energy is lost in the form of heat.
So, there 63% of the energy present in glucose is lost in the form of heat and 37% of the total energy is used for cellular respiration
