Elodea is a type of plant. Imagine that you placed 3 elodea cells into 3 different solutions and then viewed the cells under a microscope. The images below are what you saw. What type of solution was the cell in the MIDDLE in the diagram below placed into? Hypertonic solution Microtonic solution Isotonic solution
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In a hypertonic solution, the concentration of solutes outside the cell is higher than inside the cell. This causes water to move out of the cell, leading to cell shrinkage. Show more…
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