A potato slice is put in water and is still stiff, but when salt is added the slice goes limp why?

Question

a. osmosis

b. enyzmes

Answer 1

A).Osmosis - adding the salt to the water lowered the water potential and so water left the potato down its water potential gradient by osmosis.

Answer 2

A. Osmosis

Answer 3

Osmosis. The salt draws the water out of the slice, making the cells more flabby and less rigid.

Answer 4

osmosis

the salt decreases the water potential so water moves out of the potato down the concentration gradient from an area of high water potential to an area of lower concentration..