Question

When a cucumber is placed into a concentrated salt solution (brine) during the pickling process, the cucumber will shrivel because water will move from the ___ to the ___ and this process is known as ___.

Answer 1

Answer: water will move from a place of higher concentration inside the cell to the place of lower concentration in the solution.

The process is known as DIFFUSSION.

Explanation:

Diffussion is the process whereby molecules or substance move from a region of higher concentration to a region of lower concentration.

The cucumber is placed in an Hypertonic solution.

Hypertonic solution is a solution that has higher concentration of solute outside the cell than the inside. Brine is an example of Hypertonic solution.

The brine cause the cucumber shrivel and water move from higher concentration inside to lower concentration of the solution.