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A potato core was placed in a beaker of water as shown in the figure below. Which diagram best represents osmosis? (NOTICE: Starch is TOO LARGE to move through a membrane on its own

A potato core was placed in a beaker of water as shown in the figure below. Which-example-1
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The correct answer is - option A.

Step-by-step explanation:

Osmosis is the movement of the solvent in a solution into the higher concentration are of solute through the semipermeable membrane such as cell membranes.

The movement of the solvent (water) through a semipermeable membrane is always from a high water conentration to a low water concentration. Solute molecules do not move through a semipermeable membrane during the osmosis process

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