BI-500
Osmosis
Biology · Secondary 3 · Medium · Osmosis
A potato strip is placed in a concentrated salt solution for 30 minutes. Which change will most likely be observed, and why?
- It increases in length because water enters the cells by osmosis.
- It decreases in length because water leaves the cells by osmosis.
- It stays the same length because no net movement of water occurs.
- It breaks apart because salt enters and bursts the cells.
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