Question

If an animal cell shrinks, it was probably placed in a

Answer 1

Answer:

Hypertonic Solution.

Explanation:

If you place an animal or a plant cell in a hypertonic solution, the cell shrinks, because it loses water through osmosis ( water moves from a higher concentration inside the cell to a lower concentration outside ).

If said animal cell was instead placed in a hypotonic solution it would have the opposite reaction and burst instead of shrink.

Answer 2

Hypertonic solution meaning there is a lack of water