What would you expect to happen to a piece of celery you put into a hyper-tonic solution?
A - It would shrivel up
B - It would crack in half
C - It would swell
D - It would stay the same
Answer: A - it would shrivel up
HYPER-TONIC refers to a solution that has a higher concentration of solute than a particular solution. This would cause water to flow out of the cells, leaving them shriveled, so that the percentage of solute in each part would be equal.