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O-LevelBiologyCell Biology5090/11 · Oct/Nov 2014 · Q31 Mark

A cube of fresh potato is weighed. It is then placed in a test-tube containing a dilute solution of sucrose. After an hour, its mass has increased. Which process has occurred and what has happened to the concentration of the sucrose in the solution in the test-tube?

Aprocess: active transport, sucrose concentration: decreased
Bprocess: active transport, sucrose concentration: increased
Cprocess: osmosis, sucrose concentration: decreased
Dprocess: osmosis, sucrose concentration: increased

✓ Correct answer

D: process: osmosis, sucrose concentration: increased

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Cell Biology, O-Level Biology (syllabus 5090). Multiple choice, 1 mark.
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O-Level Biology, Oct/Nov 2014 Paper 1 Variant 1, question 3.

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