(Solved) What is the viscosity of cytoplasm?

davidandkaze

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I'm doing a report for school where I have to design a theme park based on a cell, and I thought it would be fun to have part of the park be a water park but instead of water it would use something with the same viscosity/texture as cytoplasm and I need to know if this is feasible. Depending on the viscosity I may go with a full blown water park or it could end up being just a small pool area if it's really viscose.

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how_mendel

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You can use the cytoplasm as the water park. The word "cytoplasm" is a general term that denotes everything within the cell; this is where all the organelles are submerged. It's the cytosol that's the actual word that denotes the "liquid" component. Since theme parks have their water park enclosed in a designated area - usually - I would pick an organelle as the actual water park, rather than the whole cytoplasm.

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Well then let me rephrase the question, instead of the cytoplasm what would the viscosity be of the cytosol?

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lewis

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Well then let me rephrase the question, instead of the cytoplasm what would the viscosity be of the cytosol?

The cytosol is viscous, kind of like hair gel or jello.

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how_mendel

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Well then let me rephrase the question, instead of the cytoplasm what would the viscosity be of the cytosol?

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What is the viscosity of cytoplasm?

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