Activity A Maintaining a water balance Get the Gizmo ready

Last updated: 1/17/2023

Activity A Maintaining a water balance Get the Gizmo ready Select the User controlled setting Check that the Water solute concentration is 1 00 Introduction Every organism needs to maintain stable internal conditions a process known as homeostasis in order to survive A paramecium maintains homeostasis by responding to variations in the concentration of salt in the water in which it lives The concentration of a solution is equal to the amount of solute that is dissolved in a given amount of solvent Question How do changing solute concentrations affect a paramecium 1 Predict In the Paramecium Homeostasis Gizmo the solute is salt and the solvent is water A Look at the top left of the Gizmo What is the water solute concentration A solute concentration of 1 00 means that for every 1 gram of water there is 0 01 grams of solute salt B What is the concentration of solutes inside the paramecium I is said to be hypotonic because it has a lower solute