Question

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after eating a salty snack like potato chips, the cells in your mouth become saturated with salt. what happens to the cells in your mouth as they react to the elevated salt environment?

a water moves into the cell causing them to burst.
b salt moves into the cell causing them to burst.
c water moves out of the cell causing them to shrink.
d salt moves out of the cell causing them to shrink

Explanation:

This is based on the principle of osmosis. When the external environment (mouth) has a high - salt concentration (hypertonic), water moves from an area of lower solute concentration (inside the cell) to an area of higher solute concentration (outside the cell) to balance the concentration gradient.

Answer:

C. water moves out of the cell causing them to shrink