some plant cells in the solute, how does the osmosis affect the solute?
Answer Well osmosis is the flow of water down a concentration gradient. Usually this occurs across a gradient of solute that cannot pass through a water permeable membrane. There are three possible outcomes for your situation: 1. If the sugar water solution has a higher osmolarity than the plant cell, water will move into the cell, causing it to swell. 2. If the solution has a lower osmolarity, water will move out of the cell, causing it to shrivel. 3. If the osmolarity of the solution is identical to the cell, no water will move because the system is already in equilibrium. This is assuming the plants cells do not have any specialized sugar transport channels open or operating.
