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6. Which of the following is an example of diffusion?a. Sugar dissolving in a cup of coffeeb. A rock sinking to the bottom of a lakec. Rain falling from the skyООd. Water freeing into ice

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Diffusion wether be molecular or cellular implies the passage of a chemical species from a high concentration to low concentration, now in molecular diffusion there is no need to pass through a membrane, meanwhile, in cell diffusion, there is a passage through a semipermeable membrane. In this case, we have no cellular process listed or membranes involved, so we will stick to the molecular diffusion. Now with this definition, we can say that the correct answer is option A, because glucose molecules move from high concentration (sugar cristal) to low concentration (rest of the coffee).

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