BI-1748
Osmosis
Biology · Secondary 4 · Medium · Osmosis
In an experiment on osmosis, a student places a piece of potato in a beaker of concentrated sugar solution and leaves it for 30 minutes. The potato cells initially have a higher water potential than the sugar solution. What will happen to the potato cells?
- Water enters the cells and they become turgid.
- Water leaves the cells and they become plasmolysed.
- Sugar enters the cells and they swell.
- Sugar leaves the cells and they shrink.
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