A balloon permeable to water but not to glucose containing a

A balloon permeable to water but not to glucose containing a 5% glucose solution is placed in a beaker containing a 25% glucose solution.

A) what type of solution has the balloon been placed in?

B) what direction will the water move?

C) what will happen to the size of the balloon?

Solution

Answer:

(A) The balloon contains 5% glucose solution while the beaker contains 25% glucose solution. So, the solution in the beaker is hypertonic relative to the solution in the balloon.

(B) The water will move from the balloon towards the solution in the beaker.

(C) Since the balloon will loose water due to the outward movement of water to the solution in the beaker, the balloon will loose its size, i.e, it will decreasein size.