Question

Red blood cell in human has 0.9 % salt solution inside it’s cytoplasm. If this cell is kept in a medium with 2% salt solution, then from where the water movement will occur? What is the type of solution in the medium?​

Answer 1

Explanation:

The red blood cell would shrink as it loses water to the salt solution in the test tube

In this case, the concentration of solution outside the blood cell is more and is thus called as hypertonic. It infers that the cell will shrink, as the water inside the cell moves outside making the cell flaccid. This process is called exosmosis. It happens because of the variation in the concentration gradient.

So, the correct answer is option C.