Question

A cucumber is placed in a concentrated salt solution. What will most likely happen? Select one: a. Water will flow from the cucumber to the solution. b. Water will flow from the solution to the cucumber. c. Salt will flow into the cucumber. d. Salt will precipitate out. e. No change will occur.

Answer 1

Answer: Option (a) is the correct answer.

Explanation:

Osmosis is defined as a process in which solvent molecules pass through a semipermeable membrane from a region of less concentration to a region of more concentration. As a result, it equals the concentration on each side of the membrane.

Therefore, when a cucumber is placed in a concentrated salt solution then molecules of cucumber will travel towards the concentrated salt solution in order to balance the concentration.

Thus, we can conclude that when a cucumber is placed in a concentrated salt solution then water will flow from the cucumber to the solution.

Answer 2

Answer:

a.- Water will flow from the cucumber to the solution

Explanation:

This is an example of osmosis in difference of concentration of solutions. In the salty solution there is more salt molecules than inside the cucumber. Trying to make up for the same salt concentration inside that outside the cucumber, it will tend to flow some of the water that is inside the cucumber tissues to the environment that surrounds it.