- AOsmosis
- BReverse osmosis
- CDiffusion
- DDialysis
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Correct answer: A
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Identify the situation
A raw mango is placed in a concentrated salt solution.
- The salt solution outside the mango is hypertonic compared to the fluid inside the mango cells.
- Therefore, water tends to move out of the mango cells through the semipermeable cell membrane.
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Understand the process involved
The movement of solvent molecules (here, water) through a semipermeable membrane from a region of lower solute concentration to higher solute concentration is called osmosis.
In this case:
- Inside mango cells: lower salt concentration, more water
- Outside solution: higher salt concentration
- So water moves from inside the cells to the outside solution.
As a result, the cells lose water and the mango shrinks.
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Check the options
A: Osmosis
Correct. The shrinking is due to outward movement of water by osmosis.B: Reverse osmosis
Incorrect. Reverse osmosis requires external pressure to force solvent in the reverse direction.C: Diffusion
Incorrect. Diffusion is general movement of particles from higher concentration to lower concentration, but this specific solvent movement through a semipermeable membrane is osmosis.D: Dialysis
Incorrect. Dialysis involves separation of solute particles through a semipermeable membrane, not the shrinking phenomenon here. -
Final answer
The process responsible is:
So, the correct option is A.
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