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Consider a U-Tube That Initially Contains Pure Water on One

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Consider a U-tube that initially contains pure water on one side of a selectively permeable membrane and water plus solute on the other side.Which of the following best describes what will happen next?


A) Solute molecules diffuse across the membrane faster than water molecules.
B) The fluid level rises on the side containing the pure water.
C) The diffusion of water molecules causes an osmotic pressure to build up in the tube.
D) Solute molecules are transported across the membrane by facilitated diffusion.
E) Some water molecules become "bound up" with solute molecules and do not diffuse freely.

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