Question

An egg, a model of a cell, is placed in a concentrated sugar solution (hypertonic) for 24 hours.

Answer 1

Answer:

1. lose mass and shrink in size

Explanation

the egg is a more dilute solution that the one it is placed in. Through osmosis it will lose water until both solution(the inside and outside of the egg) have roughly the same concentrations. Losing water will cause it to shrink.

Answer 2

Answer:

gain mass and increase in size