1. An animal cell has a 2% salt concentration. It is placed into a solution with a 0.05% salt concentration. What would happen t
o the animal cell? A: water will move into the animal cell causing it to shrivel
B: water will move into the animal cell causing it to swell and burst
C: water will move out of the animal cell causing it to swell and burst
D: water will move out of the animal cell causing it to shrivel
Answer: water will move out of the animal cell causing it to swell and burst (Option C)
Explanation:
When a cell is immersed into a salty solution, the osmotic pressure generated by concentration differences of salt, will make the salt come in due to cell self-protection mechanism of the cell and water will come out, eventually the cell can burst .But since the animal cells has a higher concentration of salt and the solution has a lower concentration osmosis will take place and salt will move from higher salt concentration to lower.
