Characteristics of Isotonic and Hypertonic. 1  Concentration of solute and solution. 2  Examples. 3  Cells response in hypertonic and isotonic solution (See figure 1) 4  Water concentration gradient. 5  Solute concentration gradient. 6  Osmotic shift. 7  Movement of water. 8  Sports drinks.
However in my opinion some of the hardest and strongest rocks in the world are the quartzites found in the Witwatersrand in South Africa, Quartzite is a sandstone which has metamorphosed-that is it has been subject to high pressures and temperatures which have modified its structure.
The Forgotten Stones of Baalbek, Lebanon. âThe Stone of the Southâ at Baalbek, Lebanon is the largest worked monolith on Earth, weighing in at a staggering 1242 tons. It is even heavier than the âStone of the Pregnant Womanâ which weighs an estimated 1000 tons, that sits on the other side of the road in the quarry.