Question

Some peeled pieces of apple were placed in purified water and some in heavily concentrated salt water. The cells in the apple pieces will

A. lose water in both solutions.
B. gain water in both solutions.
C. lose water in the purified water and gain water in the salt water.
D. gain water in the purified water and lose water in the salt water.

Answer 1

The answer to this would be D. They would gain water.

Answer 2

Option (D).

Step-by-step explanation:

Osmosis may be defined as the movement of the particles from its region of the higher concentration towards its region of the lower concentration. Osmosis is an important for the movement of water molecules.

The peeled piece will gain in water in the purified water because the water will move from its higher concentration to the peeled pieces towards the lower concentration. The apple pieces lose water in salt water because the salt water contains lots of ions and water will move out of the cell.

Thus, the correct answer is option (D).