The size of a raw mango shrinks to a much smaller size when kept in a concentrated salt solution.

Question:

The size of a raw mango shrinks to a much smaller size when kept in a concentrated salt solution. Which one of the following processes can explain this ?

  1. Osmosis

  2. Dialysis

  3.  Diffusion

  4. Reverse osmosis


Correct Option: 1

Solution:

 It is an example of osmosis. Osmosis is the movement of solvent across a semipermeable membrane towards a higher concentration of solute (concentrated solution).

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