Since water is more concentrated in the egg's interior of beaker 3 than the exterior, this egg will shrink. Water will move, by osmosis, from inside the egg to the exterior. The correct option is a) Beaker number 3.
In any of these situations, water will move through osmosis, if it moves.
What is osmosis?
Osmosis is the water molecules transport by simple diffusion through the semipermeable membrane, following a concentration gradient.
Water molecules can freely move through momentary openings in the membrane that are formed as a result of lipids movements.
Osmosis is the phenomenon that occurs when two dilutions of different concentrations -for instance, the interior of the cell and another solution- are separated by a semipermeable membrane.
Since water moves according to its concentration gradient, we need to consider in which side of the membrane water is more concentrated.
The egg will shrink only if it loses water. And it will lose water if it is more concentrated in the interior of the egg than in the exterior.
Beaker Water concentration Water movement
inside the egg outside the egg
1 93% 93% No movement
2 80% 91% To the interior
3 99% 92% To the exterior
4 90% 95% To the interior
In beaker 3, water is more concentrated in the egg's interior than the exterior. This egg will shrink because water will move from inside the egg to the exterior.
The correct option is a) Beaker number 3.
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