After swimming in the pool for 2 hours, your friend starts to complain because his fingers and toes are wrinkled. Use the concept of osmosis to explain why. Be sure to include the following in your explanation: The terms hypotonic, isotonic, and/or hypertonic (as well as what they mean) • The overall direction of water movement and reason why • How the movement of water causes his fingers and toes to change • A picture if necessary

Explanation:

Osmosis is the spontaneous movement of molecules from low concentration to high concentration. The finger is hypertonic to the swimming pool, which means that it has a higher osmotic pressure. The pool is hypotonic to the finger, which means it has a lower osmotic pressure. Because osmosis goes from low to high concentration, water will seep into the finger, causing it to swell and become wrinkly. This balances out the concentration on both sides of the semipermeable membrane (skin on the finger) and makes them isotonic, meaning they have the same concentration.