Question

Can someone please explain this to me too? A and B below represent two different slide preparations of elodea leaves. Elodea is a plant found in streams and ponds in New York State. The water used on slide A contained 1% salt and 99% water.

The salt solution used on slide B contained 6% salt and 94% water.


Elodea cells normally contain 1% salt.

Five minutes after the slides were prepared, a student using a compound light microscope to observe the

cells in leaves A and B would most likely see that


(1) water had moved out of the cells of the leaf on slide A

(2) salt had moved into the cells of the leaf on slide A

(3) water had moved out of the cells of the leaf on slide B

(4) salt had moved out of the cells of the leaf on slide B

Answer 1

the answer is b because you have a case of osmosis :)) water leaves the cell because the salt basically forces it out shrinking the cell wall :)