A de -shelled egg is placed in a concentrated salt solution and observed after ten minutes. What change takes place?
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WHEN A D- SHELLED EGG IS PLACED IN SALT SOLUTION FOR TEN MINUTES THE EGG STARTS SHRINKING BECAUSE AN EGG IS A SEMI -PERMEABLE MEMBRANE . THE WATER DENSITY FROM THE EGG STARTS PASSING OUT .IT CONTINUES TILL THE WATER DENSITY IS COMPLETELY GONE.
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A de shelled egg is surrounded by a semi permeable membrane. When placed in a concentrated salt solution for five minutes, water will flow from the cell to the solution that is exosmosis will take place causing the egg to shrink. This happens because salt solution is hypertonic
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