A candidate in order to study the process of osmosis has taken 3 potato cubes and put them in 3 different beakers containing 3 different solutions. After 24 hours, in the first beaker the potato cube increased in size, in the second beaker the potato cube decreased in size and in the third beaker there was no change in the size of the potato cube. The following diagram shows the result of the same experiment:

Give the technical terms of the solutions used in beakers, 1. 2 and 3.

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The technical terms for the solution in the beaker are

1. Hypotonic (the potato cube increased in size, concentration of solutes more in the cell than in the solution.)
2. Hypertonic (the potato cube decreased in size, concentration of solutes more in the solution than in the cells)
3. Isotonic (the size of the potato cube remained unchanged, the solute concentration is same in the cells as well as the solution)

Question Text	A candidate in order to study the process of osmosis has taken 3 potato cubes and put them in 3 different beakers containing 3 different solutions. After 24 hours, in the first beaker the potato cube increased in size, in the second beaker the potato cube decreased in size and in the third beaker there was no change in the size of the potato cube. The following diagram shows the result of the same experiment: Give the technical terms of the solutions used in beakers, 1. 2 and 3.
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