BI-1667
Osmosis
Biology · Secondary 4 · Medium · Osmosis
A strip of raw beetroot is placed into a concentrated salt solution. After 30 minutes, the cytoplasm of the beetroot cells shrinks away from the cell wall. What has caused this change?
- Water moves out of the cells by osmosis into the salt solution.
- Water moves into the cells by osmosis from the salt solution.
- Salt ions diffuse into the cells, causing them to swell.
- Salt ions are actively transported out of the cells, causing them to shrink.
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