What Is "White Flight

question 63

Multiple Choice

What is "white flight?"

• A) when whites move from the cities and suburbs into rural areas because of crime
• B) when whites move into the South, in response to the movement of African Americans to the North
• C) the movement of African Americans to the North to avoid violent whites in the South
• D) when whites move from cities to suburbia because of school integration
• E) when whites move from rural areas into the suburbs because of lack of infrastructure

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Definitions:

Solution

Fluid (the solvent) that contains a dissolved solid (the solute).

Tonicity

The ability of a surrounding solution to cause a cell to gain or lose water, depending on the concentration of solutes.

Turgor Pressure

The pressure of water pushing the plasma membrane against the cell wall of a plant cell, contributing to the cell’s rigidity.

Plasmolysis

The process in which plant cells lose water in a hypertonic solution, resulting in the shrinkage of the cell membrane away from the cell wall.