A scientist grew an Elodea plant in a freshwater aquarium. She removed a leaf from the plant and placed the leaf in a hypertonic
solution containing 8% salt in order to observe what happened to the
cells within the leaf. When she looked at the cells under a microscope,
she noticed that the cells in the leaf shrunk. Which statement best
explains what caused the cells to shrink?
A. The hypertonic solution caused the water in the cell to move from the
cytoplasm into the nucleus.
B. The salt moved from the hypertonic solution into the cell and
chemically bonded with the water.
C. The salt within the cell moved through the cell membrane into the
solution with the higher salt concentration.
D. The water within the cell moved through the cell membrane into the
solution with the lower water concentration.

Which statements about the fluid mosaic structure of a membrane are correct? select the three correct statements. which statements about the fluid mosaic structure of a membrane are correct? select the three correct statements. the framework of a membrane is a bilayer of phospholipids with their hydrophilic heads facing the aqueous environment inside and outside of the cell and their hydrophobic tails clustered in the center. because membranes are fluid, membrane proteins and phospholipids can drift about in the membrane. the diverse proteins found in and attached to membranes perform many important functions. the kinky tails of some proteins keep the membrane fluid by preventing the component molecules from packing solidly together. membranes include a mosaic, or mix, of carbohydrates embedded in a phospholipid bilayer.