Which of the Following Statements Is NOT Correct About Osmosis

question 95

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is NOT correct about osmosis and plant cells?

• A) Water tends to diffuse from soil into young plant cells, thus creating an osmotic pressure.
• B) Turgor pushes against the cell walls from the outside, so it keeps the cells plump.
• C) If the concentration of solutes becomes higher in the soil than in plant cells, water molecules will tend to diffuse out of plant cells.
• D) The cytoplasm of plant cells would typically contain more solutes than soil water.
• E) Osmosis is the diffusion of water molecules across the plasma membrane of plant cells.

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Definitions:

Marginal Rate Of Substitution

The pace at which a consumer opts to swap one item for another, ensuring their overall happiness remains unchanged.

Marginal Product

The additional output that an additional unit of input (such as labor or capital) will produce, holding all other inputs constant.

Returns To Scale

The change in output resulting from a proportional change in all input factors where all inputs are increased or decreased by the same factor.

Marginal Products

This refers to the additional output that results from using an extra unit of a particular input, assuming other inputs are constant in the production process.