An unripe mango placed in a concentrated salt solution to prepare pickle, shrivels because _____________.
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When an unripe mango is placed in concentrated salt solution, the solution outside has higher solute concentration than the mango's cells. This creates a hypertonic environment. Water moves from the region of lower solute concentration (inside the mango cells) to the region of higher solute concentration (the salt solution) through the semi-permeable cell membrane. This process is called osmosis, causing the mango to lose water and shrivel.
The correct answer is: it loses water due to osmosis.