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What will happen if we put an animal cell or a plant cell into solution of sugar or salt in water ?

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If we place a cell in hyper tonic solution like in sugar solution, the cell will shrink. It is because the movement of water takes place from lower solute concentration to higher solute concentration i.e from inside cell to outside in the sugar solution to attain equilibrium. It results in the shrinkage of cell.


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