A 10% Glucose Solution Is Placed in the Thistle Tube

question 34

Multiple Choice

A 10% glucose solution is placed in the thistle tube.The thistle tube is placed in a beaker that contains a 5% glucose solution.There is a differentially permeable membrane across the broad end of the tube,which is permeable to water but not to the sugar glucose.As diffusion occurs:

• A)the 10% solution will become more concentrated and the 5% solution will become less concentrated.
• B)both solutions will become more concentrated.
• C)the 10% solution will become less concentrated and the 5% solution will become more concentrated.
• D)both solutions will become less concentrated.

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