Question

name the phenomenon that results in the shrinkage of human red blood cells when they are placed in hypertonic salt sugar solution.

Answer 1

The phenomenon that leads to shrinkage of human red blood cells when they are placed in a hypertonic sugar or salt solution is known as exosmosis.
Exosmosis is the process of movement of water outside the cell across cell membrane to an area of high salt concentration and less water concentration as compared to the cell.