Question

To study osmosis, a student placed a thin potato slice in a salt solution. The slice became soft and shriveled. Then, he placed the shriveled slice in water. The slice regained its original shape. Based on the observations, which of these statements is correct?

Answer 1

The potato slice shriveled because water moved out of the slice into the salt solution

Answer 2

We can observe here that the potato slice shriveled because water moved out of the slice into the salt solution. Abscense of water and the silce of potato going to a salty solution makes this kind of changes on the potato