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Osmosis Is One of the Process in the Passive Transportation . What Is the Movement of Water When There's High Solute Concentration

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Osmosis is one of the process in the passive transportation . What is the movement of water when there's high solute concentration outside the cell ? Water moves from inside to outside the cell There is no movement of water molecules Water moves from outside to inside the cell

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Water moves from inside to outside the cell.In osmosis, water moves across a semi-permeable membrane from an area of high water concentration (low solute concentration) to an area of low water concentration (high solute concentration). Since the question states there is a high solute concentration *outside* the cell, this means there is a lower water concentration outside compared to inside. Therefore, water will move from inside the cell (higher water concentration) to outside the cell (lower water concentration).