Ayush sharma roll no 25

Tuesday, 26 April 2016
CHAPTER = FUNDAMENTAL UNIT OF LIFE
Q. Why does the water come out from the cucumber when we add salt in it?
Ans, because of hypertonic and hypotonic conditions. The outside environment is hypertonic to the inside environment of the cucumber. Since there is less water outside or none and a high concentration of salt and there is a high concentration of water inside the cucumber and low salt or none at all. Through diffusion water will go from high to low concentration hence into to out. When water moves out its called osmosis