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A celery stalk is placed in a cup of fresh water. The celery becomes stiff and firm. What type of solution is the water?

Osmosis is the passive movement of water molecules across a semi-permeable membrane . osmosis doodle notes answer key

In your sketches, you likely see a dashed line representing the cell membrane. A celery stalk is placed in a cup of fresh water

Draw a big, round cell. Think: "Hypo" sounds like "Hippo"—the cell gets big like a hippo. In plant cells, this creates turgor pressure , which keeps them upright! Isotonic (The "Equal" Solution) this creates turgor pressure

Draw a shrivelled, "spiky" cell. Think: "Hyper" kids run outside to play; water runs outside the cell. Hypotonic (The "Swell" Solution)