Anna put some 2-inch apple slices in a food dehydrator, and she checked on them the next morning. Though they were the same shape as the night before, the apple slices now measured only an inch each. What happened to the apples? A. Someone ate half of each slice when Anna was sleeping. B. They lost their moisture and shrunk. C. Nothing happened to them--a change in size doesn't mean anything. D. They gained moisture and got bigger.

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Nora Klein

Biology

30 August, 02:32

Anna put some 2-inch apple slices in a food dehydrator, and she checked on them the next morning. Though they were the same shape as the night before, the apple slices now measured only an inch each. What happened to the apples? A. Someone ate half of each slice when Anna was sleeping. B. They lost their moisture and shrunk. C. Nothing happened to them--a change in size doesn't mean anything. D. They gained moisture and got bigger.

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Kaydence Michael · Answer 1

The answer would be B. They lost their moisture and shrunk

Scott Nichols · Answer 2

The answer is b.) they lost their moisture and shrunk (due to it being a dehydrator it takes all the liquid that hydrates the apples out of the slices)