Ahypertonic solution outside of the cell has how much solute compared to the solution inside of a cell?
a. no solute
b. less solute
c. more solute
d. the same amount of solute

C. more solute

Explanation:

A hypertonic solution outside of the cell has more solute as compared to the internal of the cell and the cell is considered as hypotonic as compared to the its outside. Also in such situation, the solvent i.e. water will tend to move from inside of the cell to the outside of the cell until a condition of equilibrium is reached. Because of this movement of solvent, the cell will become flaccid i.e. it will shrink.

many other transport proteins, often called pumps, move materials against a concentration gradient. active transport drives molecules across a membrane from a region of lower concentration to a region of higher concentration. this process, shown in figure 5.1, uses transport proteins powered by chemi- cal energy.