Question

III. If a cell contains 35% NaCl and is placed into a solution that is 15% NaCl, in which direction will the water move, into the cell or out of the cell? Give reason for your answer.

Answer 1

Answer:

Conceptually, we need to know that higher concentration of solute (NaCl in this case ) means that there is lower concentration of solvent. So water flows into that region from outside.

Your answer is as follows-

As the cell has higher concentration of solute, it acts as a hypertonic solution. Therefore, water flows into the cell from the adjacent hypotonic solution ( with lower solute concentration ) as per the concentration gradient.