Biology--& plant (vegetable) knowledge?

Question

If vegetables become wilted, they can often be made crisp again by soaking them in water. However, they may lose a few nutrients during the process. Using the concept of diffusion and concentration, state why some nutrients would leave the plant cell?

And is it possible to determine whether it's a isotonic solution or hypertonic/hypotonic?

Answer 1

During the rehydrating process, the cell has a higher concentration of nutrient molecules inside the cell than outside. So more of the nutrients would diffuse out through the plasma membrane than into the cell.

A wilted plant in water illustrates cells in a hypotonic solution because more water will go into the cell than out and the inside of the cell will swell.