Biology

Question

What happens to a cell in a hypertonic solution?

Water flows out of the cell via osmosis and the cell shrivels.

Water flows into the cell via osmosis and the cell bursts.

Nothing happens. The net flow of water in and out of the cell are equal.

Answer

Water flows out of the cell via osmosis and the cell shrivels.

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A hypertonic solution is one that has a higher concentration of solutes than the cell. When a cell is placed in a hypertonic solution...