A red blood cell is placed into a sugar water solution. The red blood cell has a lower concentration of protein and sugar than t
he outside solution, as shown in the diagram. In the diagram, the volume of the cell is equal to the volume outside the cell. Protein and sugar are both too big to move through this cell's membrane.
remember that it will go from areas of low, to areas of high concentration based on the gradient. So if the RBC has a lower amount of sugar and protein than the concentration outside of this cell, the cell will shrink due to the sugar and protein leaving.
Becuase the cell has a lower concentration that the solution it is placed in, the solution is considered hypertonic. The cell will lose water through osmosis and will shrink, the 2nd option is correct.
Ribosomal RNA (rRNA) associates with a set of proteins to form ribosomes. These complex structures, which physically move along an mRNA molecule, catalyze the assembly of amino acids into protein chains.
