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A cell is placed in a solution with a 5% salt concentration. The cytoplasm of the cell has a 1% salt concentration.
What will happen to the cell due to osmosis?
- The cell will explode because the internal pressure increases as salt enters the nucleus.
- The cell will shrink as water moves out of the cell toward the higher salt concentration.
- The cell will remain the same size because it is in a state of stable homeostasis.
- The cell will swell as salt particles diffuse into the cell to reach an equilibrium.
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