Statement I: If blood cells are placed in pure water, they swell and burstStatement II: Due to osmosis, the movement of water molecules into the cell dilutes the salt content.
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a
Statement I and Statement II are true.
b
Statement I is true and statement II is false.
c
Statement I is false and Statement II is true.
d
Statement I and Statement II are false.
answer is A.
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(I) TruePurewater(Lower concentration region), Fluids in Blood cell(High concentration region)Due to Osmosis water flows from pure water to Blood cells. Thus blood cells swell & burstThis is called Haemolysis(II) trueFluids in Blood are less concentrated than salt sol.Due to which water flows from Blood cells to salt sol.Due to which not only salt sol. gets diluted but blood cells shrink.This is called plasmolysis