AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -If you water a plant with salt water, it will wilt, and will eventually die. This is due to the fact that the salt water is a hypertonic solution when compared to the plant cells, and water inside the plant cells will diffuse by osmosis out of the cells in order to reduce the concentration of the salt solution.

Detailed explanation-2: -If you put a plant into water with a salt concentration that is higher than the concentration inside its cells, water will move out of the plant to balance out the concentration difference. As a result the plant shrinks and eventually dies.

Detailed explanation-3: -The salt water is a hypertonic solution, thus water will move out of the cell. As water moves out of the cells there is a loss of turgor pressure and the plasma membranes detach from the cell walls as the cells shrink. 4.

Detailed explanation-4: -When a plant cell is placed in concentrated salt solution, water concentration inside the cell is greater than that which is outside the cell. Therefore, water moves through the cell membrane into the surrounding medium. Ultimately the protoplasm separate from the cell wall and assumes spherical shape.