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59. Your biology class is performing an osmosis experiment. You are given three identical stalks of...

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59. Your biology class is performing an osmosisexperiment. You are given three identical stalks of celery andthree salt solutions of varying concentrations, describedbelow.

Salt Amount of the Solution      

Solution A has more salt than the cells of the celerystalk      

Solution B has less salt than the cells of the celerystalk      

Solution C has the same salt content as the cells of the celerystalk   

a). Identify which solution is isotonic, hypertonic, orhypotonic to the celery stalk cells

b). Describe why the celery stalk will shrink when placed in thehypertonic solution

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Hypertonic Solutions The solutions which has more amount of solute outside the cell than inside it Solution A has more salt solute outside the cells of the celery stalk so it is    See Answer
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