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If the concentration of salt is higher OUTSIDE the cell, then water will move from the cell to the outside (osmosis) to equilibrate the concentration gradient that you have created!

Water will leave the cell, and the cell will shrink (due to the decrease in volume).

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The red onion cells will burst and they will loose water when salt water is added.

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This process is called osmosis.

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