Question

It is never a good idea to water house plants with salty water. The plants would most likely die depending on how much of the solution is used. How would salt water most likely effect plant cells? Group of answer choices

Answer 1

Answer: It would most likely kill the plant.

Explanation: Salt is not good for plants

Answer 2

Answer:

The question lacks options but generally, the plant cells will shrink or lose water.

Explanation:

The effect of exposing plants to salt water follows the rule of osmosis. Osmosis is the flow of water from a region of low solute concentration (high solvent concentration) to a region of high solute concentration (low solvent concentration) through a semi-permeable membrane (cell membrane of living cells).

The salt water applied to the soil harboring the plants create an osmotic gradient which is the basis of flow during osmosis. The salt water makes the soil hypertonic i.e. contains a high concentration of solute than the plant cells. Hence, water moves out of the plant cell which contains more water than the soil, into the soil causing the plant cell to lose water and eventually shrink or die.