You Put a Solution of Sucrose into a Bag of Dialysis

question 9

Multiple Choice

You put a solution of sucrose into a bag of dialysis tubing, which is permeable to water but not to sucrose.You then put this bag into a beaker of water.An hour later, you observe that the bag has swelled due to

• A)the high osmolarity of the surrounding water.
• B)passive transport of sucrose molecules.
• C)the osmotic pressure of the sucrose solution.
• D)the pressure exerted on the bag by the surrounding water.