what will happen to the inside of an onion cell if you change the outside of the onion cell?

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You can guest.

Answer 1

If you change the outside environment to a hypotonic solution like distilled water, then the inside will swell up tightly as more water goes into the cell than the amount of water that goes out. The cell will not burst because the cell wall is fairly rigid.

If you change the outside environment to a hypertonic solution like concentrated salt water, then the inside of the cell will shrink as more water goes out of the cell than the amount of water that goes into the cell. The cell's contents will most likely pull away from the cell wall and look like a compacted ball of cytoplasm. The central vacuole will be much smaller because of the water loss.