A cell containing 5% salt is placed into a glass of water with 20% salt. Which direction will water flow, assuming salt is too big to pass through the cell membrane?

Question options:

A: water will diffuse from inside to the outside of the cell

B: water will diffuse from outside to the inside of the cell

C: water will stay where it is

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Biology

Ryann Leonard

25 April, 00:48

A cell containing 5% salt is placed into a glass of water with 20% salt. Which direction will water flow, assuming salt is too big to pass through the cell membrane?

Question options:

A: water will diffuse from inside to the outside of the cell

B: water will diffuse from outside to the inside of the cell

C: water will stay where it is

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Dominic · Answer 1

The correct answer is A water will diffuse from inside to outside of the cell

Explanation:

According to the given question a cell containing 5% salt solution is placed into a glass of water with 20% salt solution. That means the salt solution present in the glass is hypertonic to the salt solution present inside the cell.

As the cell is kept or placed in a hypertonic solution water will diffuse from inside to the outside of the cell.