A cell is dropped into a saltwater solution and shrivels up. You infer that, compared to the cell, the type of saltwater solution is(1 point)

Responses

isotonic.
isotonic.

tonic.
tonic.

hypertonic.
hypertonic.

hypotonic.

1 answer

The correct inference is that the type of saltwater solution is hypertonic. When a cell shrivels up after being placed in a solution, it indicates that the concentration of solutes in the solution is higher than that inside the cell, causing water to move out of the cell by osmosis.