Which of the following occurs when a cell is placed in a hypertonic solution? Water moves out of the cell, cau

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Which of the following occurs when a cell is placed in a hypertonic solution?
Water moves out of the cell, causing it to shrink.
There is no movement of water or solutes.
Water moves into the cell, causing it to burst.
Water moves out of the cell, causing it to shrink.

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Water moves out of the cell, causing it to shrink.

Explanation: A hypertonic solution has a higher solute concentration (lower water potential) outside the cell, so water leaves the cell by osmosis across the semipermeable membrane. In animal cells this causes crenation; in plant cells it causes plasmolysis.

Which of the following occurs when a cell is placed in a hypertonic solution?
Water moves out of the cell, causing it to shrink.
There is no movement of water or solutes.
Water moves into the cell, causing it to burst.
Water moves out of the cell, causing it to shrink.

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Which of the following occurs when a cell is placed in a hypertonic solution? Water moves out of the cell, causing it to shrink. There is no movement of water or solutes. Water moves into the cell, causing it to burst. Water moves out of the cell, causing it to shrink.

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Which of the following occurs when a cell is placed in a hypertonic solution?
Water moves out of the cell, causing it to shrink.
There is no movement of water or solutes.
Water moves into the cell, causing it to burst.
Water moves out of the cell, causing it to shrink.