Question

Answer in breif that What happens when dry apricots are left for sometime in pure water and later transferred to sugar solution?

Answer 1

When a dry apricot is placed inside pure water for some time, it will swell up as water enters inside the apricot. It occurs due to endosmosis. Here the concentration of solute is lower in water than inside the apricot. Thus water enters inside to maintain equilibrium.

After that if the swollen apricot is placed inside sugar solution it will shrink again due to exosmosis. As the sugar solution has higher solute concentration the liquid inside the apricot comes out towards the solution with higher concentration resulting in shrinkage of the fruit.

Answer 2

Answer:

Dry apricots have more solutes than pure water. ... When such apricots are transferred to the sugar solution, then the solution will be the hypertonic bearing high amount of solute. Hence, exosmosis, i.e., water will move from inside to the outside of apricot through the apricot wall. Due to this, apricot will shrink.