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How does water enablesubstances to pass through a cellmembrane?A. Substances dissolve into water and becomesmall enough to pass through the membrane.B. Water moves the molecules through proteinsin the membrane.C. Water creates holes in the membrane forlarge substances to pass through.

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The dissolution of substances in water doesn't changes their physico-chemical properties (A is false), and the pressence of water doesn't create holes in the cell membrane (C is false), but rather

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