During an experiment, a student moves a cell from pure water to salted water. What will most likely happen to the cell?

Salted water has a higher solute concentration than the fluid inside the cell, so it is hypertonic to the cell. Water moves out of the cell by osmosis, causing the cell to lose water and shrivel. Therefore, the correct choice is “It will release water and shrivel.”

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