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One of the ways that food can be preserved is by heavily salting it so that bacteria cannot live upon the food. What causes the bacteria to die in an extremely salty environment? a. water moves into bacteria
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One of the ways that food can be preserved is by heavily salting it so that bacteria cannot live upon the food. What causes the bacteria to die in an extremely salty environment?

a. water moves into bacteria by osmosis
b. salt moves out of bacteria by osmosis
c. water moves out of bacteria by osmosis
d. salt moves into bacteria by osmosis

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b

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d. salt moves in by osmosis

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