Question

An animal cell shrinks when placed in concentrated sugar solution. Such a solution is known as

Answer 1

It is called Hypertonic solution.

Answer 2

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An animal cell shrinks when placed in concentrated sugar solution.

Such a solution is known as hypertonic solution.

Hypertonic solution has less water potential where as the water potential of cell as compared to the solution is high.

So water from cell moves out and hence shrinks.


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