If a slice of potato is placed in a salt solution and in an hour, the potato slice is shriveled, the salt solution was ______ to the potato.
A) Isosmotic
B) Hyperosmotic
C) Hyposmotic

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The salt solution was hyperosmotic to the potato. This means that the salt solution had a higher concentration of solutes than the potato, causing water to move out of the potato and into the salt solution. This resulted in the potato slice becoming shriveled.

If a Slice of Potato Is Placed in a Salt