If you place one grape in a small cup of 50 grams of sugar and leave it for 24 hours, the grape will likely shrink or shrivel. This is because the grape is more hypertonic and has more water than the cup of sugar, which is hypotonic.
In this scenario, water would move out of the grape and into the surrounding sugar solution by the process of osmosis. Osmosis is the movement of water molecules across a semi-permeable membrane from an area of higher water concentration to an area of lower water concentration.
Since the grape has a higher water concentration compared to the sugar solution, water molecules will move out of the grape and into the solution, causing the grape to lose water and shrink. This process continues until equilibrium is reached, where the concentrations of water inside and outside the grape are equalized.
