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Water in or water out?

Exercise and reference answers

Left
Water enters
Items
  1. Item
    Hypotonic outside
    Answer
    Water enters
  2. Item
    Hypertonic outside
    Answer
    Water leaves
  3. Item
    Cell swells
    Answer
    Water enters
  4. Item
    Cell shrinks
    Answer
    Water leaves
  5. Item
    Solutes lower out
    Answer
    Water enters
  6. Item
    Solutes higher out
    Answer
    Water leaves
  7. Item
    Risk of bursting
    Answer
    Water enters
  8. Item
    More water inside
    Answer
    Water leaves
Right
Water leaves
Instructions
Swipe left if water enters the cell, right if water leaves it.

Explanation

_Source: OpenStax Biology for AP(R) Courses (CC BY 4.0), Ch 5 'Structure and Function of Plasma Membranes', sections 5.1-5.4_
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