Saturday, June 5, 2010

#22 Hypertonic Solution


A solution in which water would diffuse into a plant cell would be a hypertonic solution because when the concentration of solute molecules outside a cell is higher than inside the cell, water diffuses out of the cell until equilibrium is reached. Above is a cell that is hypertonic to its environment
Source: Pg 100 Modern Biology

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