The lettuce from page 1 is left in 5% salt water (salad dressing) for a half hour, it now feels mushy. The image to the right is a microscopic photo of cells in salt water. Answer the following questions about these photos.
The plant cells when left in salt water become
(this often causes a cell to die).
The salt water is
relative to the plant cell.
The direction of net osmosis was
the plant cell.
The cell membrane has pulled away from the plant cell wall because the pressure inside the cell is
the pressure outside the cell.
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