1. An animal cell has a 2% salt concentration. It is placed into a solution with a 0.05% salt concentration. What would happen to the animal cell?

A: water will move into the animal cell causing it to shrivel

B: water will move into the animal cell causing it to swell and burst

C: water will move out of the animal cell causing it to swell and burst

D: water will move out of the animal cell causing it to shrivel

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Flake

Biology

20 September, 19:47

1. An animal cell has a 2% salt concentration. It is placed into a solution with a 0.05% salt concentration. What would happen to the animal cell?

A: water will move into the animal cell causing it to shrivel

B: water will move into the animal cell causing it to swell and burst

C: water will move out of the animal cell causing it to swell and burst

D: water will move out of the animal cell causing it to shrivel

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Hannah Figueroa · Answer 1

Answer: water will move out of the animal cell causing it to swell and burst (Option C)

Explanation:

When a cell is immersed into a salty solution, the osmotic pressure generated by concentration differences of salt, will make the salt come in due to cell self-protection mechanism of the cell and water will come out, eventually the cell can burst. But since the animal cells has a higher concentration of salt and the solution has a lower concentration osmosis will take place and salt will move from higher salt concentration to lower.