Biology 0610 · IGCSE · Osmosis

Osmosis — practice question

Some potato pieces were put into a highly concentrated sugar solution. Other potato pieces were put into distilled water. What happened to the mass of the potato pieces in the two liquids?

  • Amass decreased in concentrated sugar solution; mass decreased in distilled water
  • Bmass decreased in concentrated sugar solution; mass increased in distilled water
  • Cmass increased in concentrated sugar solution; mass decreased in distilled water
  • Dmass increased in concentrated sugar solution; mass increased in distilled water

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