A student places four identical cells into four different liquids.CellDescription of LiquidWSaltier than the cellXLess salty than the cellYEqually as salty as the cellZPure water with no saltsOver time, which cell will look the smallest?

Water moves across the cell membrane from the less salty side toward the saltier side. In the saltier liquid around cell W, water leaves the cell, making it shrink. Cell W will therefore look the smallest; cell X would tend to gain water, while cell Y would stay about the same size.

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