Help w/ biology question
1) I forgot to water my plant and it was all wilted. I watered the soil that the plant was planted in and within an hour it looked all healthy again. Consider that the roots of the plant are made up of cells with a membrane. Explain why the plant went from looking all wilted to looking all healthy (not wilted) after I watered it

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Help w/ biology question
1) I forgot to water my plant and it was all wilted. I watered the soil that the plant was planted in and within an hour it looked all healthy again. Consider that the roots of the plant are made up of cells with a membrane. Explain why the plant went from looking all wilted to looking all healthy (not wilted) after I watered it

anonymous · Answer

Osmosis. The plant absorbed the water because it had a lower concentration compared to outside of the plant (roots).

anonymous · Answer

oh, lol. AT first i thought that but i doubted myself, thank you! i appreciate it.