Q: What will happen if a deshelled egg in a concentrated salt solu on for 5 minutes?

Answer: The egg shrinks because water passes out of the egg into saLt soluon. The salt soluon is more
concentrated than the inside of the egg. (Hypertonic)

Q (CBSE): Put dried raisins in plain water and leave them for some me. Then place them in concentrated soluon of sugar or
salt. What do you observe in both cases?

Answer: Case I: Raisins gain water and swells when placed in pure water.
Case II: When placed in the concentrated soluon, raisins lose water and hence shrink.