Question

A student was studying osmosis. She performed an investigation in which she soaked sample cells in a sucrose solution. She weighed the samples every 10 minutes and recorded the mass. Below is a graph of her results. What should she conclude about sample C?

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The cells in sample C were composed of a sucrose solution.

The cells in sample C were hypotonic with the sucrose solution.

The cells in sample C were isotonic with the sucrose solution.

The cells in sample C were hypertonic with the sucrose solution.

Answer 1

The cell in sample C were hypertonic with the sucrose solution

Step-by-step explanation:

Think of solutes (U= sugar), solvents=water

In the picure the sucrose (sugar) solution is higher than the cell sugar. So the water will move out of the cell to the solution

HypErtonic solution means the water in the cell leaves because the water solution has a higher concentration of solutes than the cell.

hypOtonic solution means that water moves into the cell because the cell has a higher solutes concentration than outside

Isotonic means that there is an equal amounts of water moving in and out of the cell